Cameo Draws Crowds With Harold Lloyd -- October 8, 2023

Film Daily, 16-October-1923

Why Worry?, despite some racist elements, is one of Harold Lloyd's funniest films. I love this scene with giant John Aasen serving as a gun carriage. Note Harold's boots. 

San Francisco's Cameo Theater at Fifth and Market, was showing Why Worry? along with newsreels about the Great Kantō Earthquake in Japan. 

San Francisco Chronicle, 08-October-1923

First Motion Pictures of the Japanese Earthquake -- September 28, 2023

Film Daily, 26-September-1923

On 01-September-1923, the Great Kantō Earthquake devasted a large part of Japan. Fires spread through cities and at least 140,000 people were killed. 

Newsreel footage had reached the US by the end of the month. 

Film Daily, 25-September-1923

Pathé's "Marvelous Pictures of the Japanese Earthquake" were shown on the Pacific Coast on 24-September-1923. 

Film Daily, 27-September-1923

"You get it all, you get it quick, you get it best in the Pathé and without extra charge."