title: Harold Lloyd, the man who popularized eyeglasses in America.
abstract: Harold Lloyd was a cinema comedian who set records for popularity at the box office while establishing a unique screen persona. His character's distinquishing feature was a pair of spectacles made of tortise shell. Lloyd's screen character was so popular that, during the 1920s, the wear of spectacles became acceptable and faddish and contributed significantly to the popularization of eyewear.
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D005139:Eyeglasses / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009040:Motion Pictures / Q000266:history; D014481:United States