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Movie Detail Name Occurs Before Title Offscreen Credit Print Viewed By AFI Stub Record Grandma's Boy Director: Fred Newmeyer (Dir) Release Date:   3 Sep 1922 Premiere Information:   Los Angeles premiere: ca20 May 1922 Duration (in feet):   4,841 Duration (in reels):   5 Print this page Display Movie Summary Available Formats Movies Unlimited DVD VHS LaserDisk Nostalgia Family Video DVD VHS LaserDisk Cast:   Harold Lloyd (The boy)       Mildred Davis (The girl)       Anna Townsend (The Grandmother)       Charles Stevenson (The Bully)       Noah Young (The sheriff)       Dick Sutherland (The Rolling Stone)   Summary: In the small country town of Blossom Bend lives Grandma's Boy, a meek youth of 19, who is in love but is frightened by his rival, The Bully. They are both paying a visit to The Girl's house when news is received that the local jewelry shop has been robbed. The citizens organize to hunt down the bandit, and The Boy is made a member of the posse. The Boy overcomes his cowardice when his grandmother tells him about his grandfather's fighting prowess and gives him an umbrella handle, a charm guaranteed to make a lion-hearted hero of its possessor. As a result, he captures the bandit (The Rolling Stone), gives The Bully a thrashing, and then induces The Girl to marry him.  Production Company: Hal Roach Studios   Distribution Company: Associated Exhibitors   Director: Fred Newmeyer (Dir) Producer: Hal Roach (Pres) Writer: Thomas J. Crizer (Scen)   Sam Taylor (Story)   Jean Havez (Story)   Hal Roach (Story)   H. M. Walker (Titles) Photography: Walter Lundin (Dir of photog) Country: United States Language: English Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number Hal Roach Studios 27/4/1922 dd/mm/yyyy LU17796 Physical Properties: b&w:   Si:   Genre: Comedy   Subjects (Major): Bandits   Grandmothers   Manhood   Posses   Small town life   Superstition Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page Film Daily   10 Sep 1922   p. 2. New York Times   4 Sep 1922   p. 14. Photoplay   Jul 1922   p. 52. Variety   16 Jun 1922   p. 40. Display Movie Summary

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