He was the most popular film star of the 1920s, routinely outpacing comic rivals Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton at the box office. He was Harold Lloyd, the boy next door who could wind up hanging from the hands of a clock high atop a skyscraper. Audiences loved Lloyd’s mix of visual comedy and thrilling adventures, making him one of the most recognized icons of early Hollywood.

See for yourself when ‘The Kid Brother’ (1927), a feature-length film regarded as Lloyd’s masterpiece, is screened on Sunday, July 23 at 4pm at TCAN featuring live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based composer who specializes in creating music for silent films.

In ‘The Kid Brother,’ meek country boy Harold Hickory (Lloyd) looks up to his tough father, but is overshadowed by two burly older brothers. When a traveling circus brings trouble to town and possible disgrace to the Hickory clan, can Harold save the family name? From that simple situation, Lloyd weaves a roller coaster of a tale that critics and film historians say show him at the height of his powers as a filmmaker and comedian. The film co-stars Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Eddie Boland, and Constantine Romanoff.