P3D Harold Lloyd

[Ron Fredrickson <RLF@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

George wrote;

>Well, DrT is no Harold Lloyd... Lloyd's granddaughter writes in 
>the introduction of the book "3-D Hollywood" that Harold took
>over 300,000 3D pictures.  He died in 1971. Assuming good 20 years 
>of stereo photography (from the appearance of the Realist), we 
>have an average of 15,000 pairs or about 500 rolls a year, 
>for 20 years!!! No wonder he needed a "personal Secretary"
>to do the mounting!
>
One of my prized stereo possessions is a poster autographed for me by
Harold. I went to the L.A. PSA convention in 1970 and took along a
Personality Poster showing Harold in "Safety Last", hanging high over the
street from the hands of the clock. As I guessed, Harold was at the
convention (his home town, so to speak), and he was very gracious about
autographing the poster for a fellow stereo nut. As George pointed out,
Harold died in 1971. A sidelight is that the Chicago Stereo group was
invited to his home for dinner, and I learned about it a month or so later.
The person who told me about it said that they knew I had plane reservations
to get back to Chicago and assumed I didn't want to go. I still haven't
forgiven them for not giving me the option of taking a different flight.

Ron Fredrickson
rlf@xxxxxxxxxxx


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