What is Girl Shy / Never Weaken about?

GIRL SHY, 1924, Sony Repertory, 82 min, Comedy/Romance, USA. Dir. Harold Lloyd. Shy, stuttering bachelor Harold Meadows (Lloyd) spends his days secluded in a tailoring shop, writing the ultimate guide for bashful young men, The Secret of Making Love. When Harold meets and falls in love with rich Mary, he must somehow stall her impending marriage. One of Lloyd's most popular feature-length films, featuring fantasy sequences enacting the chapters from his character's hopelessly misguided book, and his famous breathtaking race across town in order to halt the wedding. Plus… "Never Weaken," (1921, 19 min.) Lloyd's final short film, and the third of five "thrill" pictures featuring his stunt climbing work, follows a typically lovelorn Harold, who decides to commit suicide - and spends the majority of the film failing hilariously - when he hears his crush is to marry another.

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What is Girl Shy / Never Weaken about?: GIRL SHY, 1924, Sony Repertory, 82 min, Comedy/Romance, USA. Dir. Harold Lloyd. Shy, stuttering bachelor Harold Meadows (Lloyd) spends his days secluded in a tailoring shop, writing the ultimate guide for bashful young men, The Secret of Making Love. When Harold meets and falls in love with rich Mary, he must somehow stall her impending marriage. One of Lloyd's most popular feature-length films, featuring fantasy sequences enacting the chapters from his character's hopelessly misguided book, and his famous breathtaking race across town in order to halt the wedding. Plus…
"Never Weaken," (1921, 19 min.) Lloyd's final short film, and the third of five "thrill" pictures featuring his stunt climbing work, follows a typically lovelorn Harold, who decides to commit suicide - and spends the majority of the film failing hilariously - when he hears his crush is to marry another.