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best movie i've ever seen.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Burleigh Sullivan (Harold Lloyd) is a bumbling milkman. His hatcheck girl sister Mae gets harassed by two drunken brutes and he stands up to them. When Mae gets back to the scene, the drunks are knocked out and one of them turns out to be boxing champ Speed McFarland. Speed's manager Gabby Sloan is outraged at losing a big fight as Speed becomes a laughing stock. Burleigh's ability to duck makes him hard to hit. Desperate for money to save his hospitalized delivery horse, he accepts Gabby's scheme to train him to be a boxer. Unknown to him, Gabby had fixed all of his fights to fatten him up for a slaughter by Speed.Harold Lloyd continues to be a great everyman. I like all the relationships. I like the characters. I like the conflicts. The only thing missing is a love interest for sassy Ann Westley. She's got great sarcastic takes. In a movie like this, she needs a romantic pairing. There is plenty of fun. There are real laughs not just from the expected Harold Lloyd physical comedy but also from some great comedic dialogue. The boxing is hilarious and almost rivals that of Chaplin. This is great screwball fun.

Harold Lloyd was a comic film legend in the 1930s. In this film, he plays Burleigh Sullivan, a mild-mannered milkman, who ends up decking the world boxing champion in order to protect his sister. Anyway, Harold Lloyd reminds me of a Jim Carrey or Don Knotts. While the film was made in 1936 during the Great Depression, the story is light-hearted, fun, and entertaining about Burleigh's rise to success by accident. It's kind of like a funny Rocky movie with lovable Burleigh. Harold Lloyd was a true film star with a comedic genius and perfect timing. Harold Lloyd and the cast in this film are likely all gone now. But in the midst of the Great Depression, I can imagine audiences enjoy watching Harold Lloyd's character, Burleigh, the everyman milkman who needed the money to help care for his beloved horse, Agnes, and became a boxing champion even though he couldn't box to save his own life. The film has some great comedic moments and Harold Lloyd was a comedic genius.

This enjoyable Harold Lloyd comedy makes good use of a familiar setup, and it also gives Lloyd a chance to do a lot of the kinds of physical gags that were such a big part of his silent movie classics. Adolphe Menjou and the supporting cast give Lloyd plenty of help, and director Leo McCarey is also right at home with this kind of material.Lloyd plays a milkman who gets involved with a shady fight promoter, played by Menjou, after a chance encounter with the middleweight champ gives Lloyd's character a reputation as 'the fighting milkman'. The premise is funny, but it calls for some good acting and direction to make it hold up for a full-length feature, and fortunately this movie has both.Lloyd's ducking and dancing antics bring to mind some of the classic routines in his silent movie triumphs. Besides the boxing scenes, there is a hilarious, classic sequence with Lloyd and Marjorie Gateson practicing the ducking technique together. Menjou is also in his element as the fast-talking promoter, helping even the most implausible material to work smoothly.The result is a solid comedy that, while a cut below Lloyd's silent classics, has some very good moments and is enjoyable to watch.

A mild-mannered milkman finds himself swept into the world of dishonest professional boxing.Although forever famous for his silent classics, THE MILKY WAY once again illustrated Harold Lloyd's complete ease with the sound medium. Indeed, Paramount Studios and director Leo McCarey gave him the opportunity to entertain his fans with some very enjoyable gags & comedy routines. Whether frantically trying to find help for his sick horse, teaching stuffy society matron Marjorie Gateson how to duck punches, or sneaking a colt into the back of a taxi, Harold provides ample evidence that he hasn't lost the talent to amuse.A very talented cast of costars lend able support. Gum-chewing Adolphe Menjou scores as an unscrupulous fight promoter. As his long-suffering girlfriend, beautiful Verree Teasdale gets the film's best dialogue with her sarcastic one-liners. Hot-tempered William Gargan as the erstwhile middleweight champ & gravely-voiced Lionel Stander as a fight trainer complete the disreputable quartet.Helen Mack as Harold's sister, and Dorothy Wilson as his sweetheart, both offer perky performances; indeed, they are so much alike that some viewers may have a little difficulty in telling the two ladies apart. Dyspeptic George Barbier plays the blustery owner of Sunflower Dairies. Charles Lane once again reprises his role as a nosy reporter.