Harold Lloyd hitches a ride to downtown in the two-reeler "Bumping Into Broadway" (Rolin Films / Pathé, 1919). The car stops across the street from the Trinity Auditorium at 855 S. Grand Ave. Harold was fleeing his rooming house where he couldn't pay the rent because he gave all his money to Bebe Daniels so she could pay hers. The "Broadway" in the title isn't the one in Los Angeles. Although filmed in L.A., the movie is set in New York.
Harold puts his feet down after chauffeur #2 has let the passenger out and gets back in.
Playing it cool.
The car drives away.
Staring in indignation.
Consulting his data, he realizes the theatre Bebe performs in is nearby.
We cut to a shot of a stage door, filmed elsewhere. After trying a couple of times, he eventually hides in the clock we see on the right and is carried in by two stagehands.
The film's locations are detailed in John Bengtson's fine article "How Harold Lloyd Filmed Bumping Into Broadway." It got a new restoration and appears with the Criterion Blu-Ray edition of a 1928 Lloyd film, "Speedy." Also see John's article "How Charlie Chaplin Filmed 'The Bank'."It's another film with shots of the Trinity Auditorium.
On IMDb: "Bumping into Broadway"
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