In film star Harold Lloyd’s day, eyeglasses, or spectacles as they were commonly called, were worn only as a necessity. They were considered medical appliances. They were considered unattractive. They were considered, by one 1928 European writer, to be 'a sure sign of the weakling and the mollycoddle.'
Lloyd changed everything. But first, he changed himself. Here was a young man who was like any ot…