Hot Water (1924 film)

Hot Water is a 1924 silent film starring Harold Lloyd.

Episodic in nature effectively three short films merged into one, the first episode features Hubby winning a live turkey in a raffle and taking it home on a crowded streetcar, much to the chagrin of the other passengers. The second features Hubby grudgingly taking the family en masse out on his brand new Butterfly Six automobile, and the third is an escapade with his sleepwalking motherinlaw.The film is a light comedy with minimal character development, and followed Lloyds early 1920s pattern of alternating what he called gag pictures with character pictures. Some distributors had complained about the length of his previous elaborate feature Girl Shy, and Hot Water was the response. Its storyline was also interesting as a unique departure from most of Lloyds 1920s features, because his character was married with a family, and was not striving for success, recognition, or romance. It was popular at the box office and grossed almost 2,000,000, an excellent return for a film of the period. The fictional Butterfly Six was in reality a 1923 Chevrolet Superior Sedan. ........

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