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"Before," Harold pointed out, "the characters I did never stopped long enough to become disassociated from the gag. We used to feel that each succeeding piece of business had to top what went before, but in 'Diddlebock' I'm playing a definite character on which the story itself depends." There just couldn't be a Lloyd picture without a tall building and a danger scene, of course, and in "Diddlebock" I think the comedian has risked his neck more in the actual filming than ever before. On the sound stage where we did most of our interview there rose before us the facade of a three-story building, and I assure you I got more of a thrill out of watching them film the scene on the ledge of that building than I did later when I saw the same scene in the projection room. Fans will get an added thrill, too, in knowing that the comedian was really three stories, up when he chased the lion, Jackie, around the top of the building. And when he hung from the chain around Jackie's neck it looked to me as though Harold was really earning his money that day. The actor's wife, Mildred, was on the set just before the lion scene was shot but she didn't stick around to see them put on celluloid. I asked Roy Brooks, Harold's longtime friend, what Mrs. Lloyd thought or said about her husband doing such gags and he replied, "Oh, I suppose she's become philosophical about them by now, but I do know she worries. She never says anything to him, though, because she knows he knows what he wants and she doesn't interfere." It struck me that this attitude on the part of Mrs. Lloyd is doubtless one of the main reasons why their marriage has become one of classic contentment in Hollywood, where so many marital bonds snap for one reason or another. Mrs. Lloyd also understands Harold's business thoroughly and is therefore a sympathetic mate. She was the former Mildred Davis and she was his leading lady for five years before she married *rop. firing v° mfer t:. TRIMAL CUTICLE REMOVER TRIMAL LABORATORIES, LOS ANGELES 36, CALIEOfrNIA TRIMAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA him back in 1923. That means they have had 22 years of domestic happiness. They have three children, Gloria, 19; Peggy, 18, and Harold, Jr., 14, who feel their parents come pretty close to being ideal. "Some mothers and fathers in show business try to keep their children from following in their footsteps," Harold told me, "but we are not going to try to influence ours one way or another. I believe in letting them go in whatever direction their talents lead them and Mildred agrees. Our daughter, Gloria, for example, is already studying to be an actress, and our 14-year-old son is determined to have an acting career. I'm going to do everything I can to help them both. The Lloyds live on a 23-acre estate in Benedict Canyon in the Beverly Hills district and they are really a close-knit family unit. The place includes a swimming pool, tennis and badminton courts, extensive gardens and also a private golf course. "We haven't been doing any golfing out there since before the war," Harold told me, "because we haven't been able to get gardeners and as healthy as I feel I wouldn't tackle a mowing job like that, not even with an automatic machine." The actor wasn't trying to impress me with his fine state of health. I learned later from Brooks that Harold is unusually vigorous for his age. "He doesn't drink or smoke and until the past year he never touched coffee. Among his athletic feats is the practice of swimming the length of his 80-foot pool under water. Being such a frugal person, he has often said that he could live as well on a hundred dollars a week as he does on his present income from investments." "One of my biggest problems will show you how simple my life is," Harold had previously told me. "The problem is that I have a very hard time trying to find a cook who knows how to prepare fried chicken, my favorite dish. As soon as a new cook finds out I like this delicacy she goes all out trying to make* it as fancy as possible. None of them ever seems to learn that I like it just plain. Why, we even had one cook who fixed it with mustard in the belief that she was going to enchant my appetite." Speaking of eating, meal-time at the Lloyd home presents a very quaint picture. Every member of the Lloyd household, even to the housekeeper, Clementine, has a dog. Harold heads the list with a great Dane, his wife has a champagne-colored cocker, and Peggy and Harold, Jr., both have black cockers. Gloria brings up the rear in the immediate family with a Pekinese, and Clementine, who has been with the family for ten years and is allowed unusual privileges, also has a black and white cocker. Anyway, when the Lloyds gather around the board their respective pooches take places on the floor along side their master or mistress, as the case may be, and remain there, throughout the meal. "We have an ironclad rule that no one is to slip food to the dogs during meals," Harold laughed. "But you know, it's a funny thing. The animals never seem to have any appetite 94 SCREENLAND