{"id":25156,"date":"2012-04-06T16:03:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T23:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25156"},"modified":"2020-12-27T13:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T20:11:36","slug":"for-heavens-sake-1926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25156","title":{"rendered":"For Heaven&#8217;s Sake (1926)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;ll just kidnap Manners and argue it out with him back at the Club.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Poster-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Poster-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Poster-79x128.jpg 79w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA carefree millionaire (Harold Lloyd) falls in love with the daughter (Jobyna Ralston) of a missionary (Paul Weigel), and helps fund the construction of their new mission; but when he proposes to Ralston, his wealthy pals decide to save him from his &#8220;mistake&#8221; by kidnapping him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Harold Lloyd Films<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Millionaires<\/li>\n<li>Missionaries and Revivalists<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMade in between two of Harold Lloyd&#8217;s most beloved features &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25795\"><em>The Freshman<\/em> (1925)<\/a> and <em>The Kid Brother<\/em> (1927) &#8212; <em>For Heaven&#8217;s Sake<\/em> was reportedly not one of Lloyd&#8217;s personal favorites among his oeuvre; he cut it down in length to just under an hour in response to initial audience reactions, yet was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/410794\/for-heavens-sake#articles-reviews?articleId=23984\">&#8220;still so unhappy that he offered to buy the film back from the studio&#8221;<\/a>. There&#8217;s actually some truth to Lloyd&#8217;s dissatisfaction, given that the overly simplistic narrative doesn&#8217;t really allow much room for development: Lloyd&#8217;s character shifts too quickly from self-absorbed playboy to magnanimous mission worker, and the kidnapping subplot comes literally out of nowhere, with a posse of &#8220;friends&#8221; suddenly showing up who we&#8217;ve never seen before. However, this merely serves as the narrative springboard for the film&#8217;s stunning finale, which begins with a series of amusingly conceived drunken antics by Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;rescuers&#8221;, and leads to a handful of daringly accomplished physical stunts involving numerous moving vehicles. Ultimately, however, this one is only must-see for Lloyd fans; others will want to stick with watching his most celebrated successes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several amusing sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Lloyd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Lloyd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Lloyd.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Lloyd-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Lloyd-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The stunningly executed finale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Finale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Finale.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Finale-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/For-Heavens-Sake-Finale-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course it&#8217;s a must for fans of Harold Lloyd. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0016895\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9507E2DA163BE233A25756C0A9629C946795D6CF\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2909&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/410794\/for-heavens-sake#articles-reviews?articleId=23984\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll just kidnap Manners and argue it out with him back at the Club.&#8221; Synopsis: A carefree millionaire (Harold Lloyd) falls in love with the daughter (Jobyna Ralston) of a missionary (Paul Weigel), and helps fund the construction of their new mission; but when he proposes to Ralston, his wealthy pals decide to save him from his &#8220;mistake&#8221; by kidnapping him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Cross-Class Romance Harold Lloyd Films Kidnapping Millionaires Missionaries and Revivalists Silent Films Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25156\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25156"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59975,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25156\/revisions\/59975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}