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小生怕羞  Girl Shy

佛瑞德紐梅耶 Fred C. Newmeyer 、山姆泰勒 Sam Taylor / 美 USA / 1924 / 35mm / B&W / 82min

害羞的裁縫店學徒只要一跟異性面對面就忍不住大舌頭，卻成天在紙張上夢想成為情場聖手。他無意間在火車上邂逅了富家千金，經歷好一番雞飛狗跳後兩人墜入情網，但他究竟能不能治好自己的恐女症呢？本片是影史上最早的浪漫喜劇之一，片尾驚心動魄的追逐戰堪稱哈洛羅依德生涯之最，《畢業生》的經典劫婚場景更是師法本片情節。

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop who is writing a guide book for other bashful young men, “The Secret of Making Love”. Fate has him meet a rich girl, Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.