Harold and Bebe grapple with 'Spring Fever'

Spring Fever (1919)

Starring: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Noah Young, Fred C. Newmeyer, Marie Mosquini, Gus Leonard, and Raye Hampton

Director: Hal Roach

Rating: Six of Ten Stars

Stricken with Spring Fever, a bookkeeper (Lloyd) leaves work early. He proceeds to cause chaos in the park and find love in the arms of a young lady (Daniels).

"Spring Fever" is a few minutes of fast-paced fun. It hasn't aged as well as some of the other Harold Lloyd/Bebe Daniels team-ups--Lloyd plays a trickster character who is just a tad too obnoxious to be likeable and Daniels plays far more interesting characters in some of their other films together--but director Hal Roach doesn't waste a second of the film's eight minutes of run-time: If characters aren't being established, plot isn't being forwarded, and gags aren't being executed, then gags are being set up.

If you like silent comedies, I think you'll find this one entertaining. It's even more fun to watch if you've seen other of Lloyds and Daniels' vehicles, as you'll recognize some of the locations from other films. Why don't you kick back and take a few minutes to watch it right now?