girl shy find harold lloyd exactly that and a poor kid who work in a tailor shop and can not get a date even with the object of his affection and jobyna ralston . to pass the time of day harold write a diary about how to get different type of woman ( talk about fantasizing ) . some of the chapter be play out in imaginary sequence . jobyna be eventually drive into the arm of carlton griffin who a villain in the best snidely whiplash tradition . in the meantime a publisher whom he send the book to reject it and but later change his mind when he find his staff roar with laughter over harold describe romantic technique . he release it a a comedic book and send him $ 3000 . 00. by the way a very funny sequence happen when lloyd initially think it be another rejection letter tear it up and then see the torn check . piece it together like a jigsaw puzzle with his employer at the tailor shop and the zero start add up a his facial expression change . for that amount of money he will stand a little humiliation . of course the whole idea be a reworking of merton of the movie where the protagonist think he a great dramatic actor and but in fact his scene be be film for comedy . still why not copy a good thing . in the end he discover that his true love jobyna be about to marry a bigamist . at that point the last half hour be devote to a madcap chase with the resourceful lloyd use every mean at his disposal to to get him to the church on time and save jobyna from a fate bad than death . best scene be him commandeer a streetcar for part of this chase and hang on to the rod use to connect it to the overhead cable . lloyd do a lot of these himself and he be know for his daredevil escapade and it what his fan expect . girl shy be a great example of the comedy of harold lloyd who in real life be anything and but girl shy .