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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1463

Now or Never

192136 minUnited States

Synopsis

A nanny takes a neglected child on a holiday trip to meet her childhood sweetheart. Finding her employer on the same train, she leaves the little girl with the young man, who must care for her while travelling without a ticket.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 35:12
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Hal Roach and Fred C. Newmeyer · Public domain

Cast

Harold Lloyd

DirectorsHal Roach Fred C. Newmeyer

Behind the scenes

The moving train combines Lloyd's romantic reunion with improvised childcare. Confined spaces and the conductor's inspections continually interrupt his efforts to appear in control.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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Harold Lloyd — Daniel Blum · Public domain

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