An off-screen narrator breezes through Harold Lloyd's life as a performer, with still photographs and movie clips as illustration. He goes from the Midwest to San Diego, where he tries character parts on stage. Then to Los Angeles, where, as a movie extra, he meets Hal Roach. He creates the character of Lonesome Luke, and then his Everyman with spec-less glasses. According to this biopic, he retires at the height of success, lured back a years later for one more triumph.