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A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

Directors
- Fred C. Newmeyer
- Hal Roach
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Sam Taylor
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6.7/10

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Directors
- Fred C. Newmeyer
- Hal Roach
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Sam Taylor
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Harold Lloyd

The Boy

Mildred Davis

The Girl

Anna Mae Bilson

The Lonesome Little Child
(as Anna May Bilson)

Roy Brooks

Chubby Man on Train
(uncredited)

Sammy Brooks

Short Man on Train
(uncredited)

Evelyn Burns

Angry woman in bathroom
(uncredited)

Charles Force

Angry man in bathroom
(uncredited)

William Gillespie

The Child's Daddy
(uncredited)

Joseph Havel

Bit Role
(uncredited)

Wally Howe

Sheriff of Teetersburg
(uncredited)

Mark Jones

Passenger who throws shoe
(uncredited)

Gaylord Lloyd

Earl Mohan

Drunk
(uncredited)

Ernie Morrison Sr.

Porter on the train
(uncredited)

Norma Nichols

The Mother
(uncredited)

Charles Stevenson

Conductor
(uncredited)

Betty Vent

Bit Role
(uncredited)

Vera White

Flirting woman in bathroom
(uncredited)

Directors
- Fred C. Newmeyer
- Hal Roach
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Sam Taylor
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Trivia
Harold Lloyd's car is a 1919 Mercer Series 5 "Raceabout". MSRP was $4,350 ($64,500 in 2017). Only 857 were ever built. At auction, in excellent condition, these cars can fetch over $300,000 in 2017.

Quotes
The Child's Daddy: I must leave on the morning train - I have no time for dancing - -...

Alternate versions
In 2002, the Harold Lloyd Trust copyrighted a 35-minute version of this film with music written, arranged and conducted by Robert Israel, and played by The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra and members of The Robert Israel Orchestra. The addition of modern credits stretch the film to 36 minutes.

Soundtracks
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1886) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Effie I. Canning
Sheet music shown with lyrics printed

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7/10

Harold On A Train

In the set-up to this movie, Harold has to take care of Anna Mae Bilson on a train, without a ticket. Once that's established, you can sit back and enjoy this well-paced and funny three-reel comedy.

Once he had begun to make two-reel comedies in 1919, Harold would occasionally make a three-reel one. Whether he was experimenting with a better set-up to the funny sections, or Hal Roach and he agreed the three-reel version played better is not clear. His first feature, A SAILOR-MADE MAN started at three reels and just kept going.

Young Miss Bilson appeared in this movie, and the first-shot short in the Our Gang series, it was called OUR GANG and was released third in sequence. She lived to be 89, dying in 2005.