The kid brother / a Paramount release ; directed by Ted Wilde ; co-drected by J. A. Howe ; scenario by John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Green ; produced by Harold Lloyd Corporation.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Container of (work): Kid brother (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010024572
Notes:
Title from title frame. Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Olin Francis, Constantine Romanoff, Eddie Boland, Frank Lanning, R. Yearsley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1927. Orchestral score by composer Carl Davis from 1989; alternate archival organ score performed by Gaylord Carter. Full screen (1.33:1). "4K digital restoration"--Container. Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Annette D'Agostino Lloyd, and Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd; Harold's leading ladies (a new conversation between author Cari Beauchamp and Suzanne Lloyd); Anatomy of a gag: monkeyshoes (a new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns); behind-the-scenes stills gallery; Close to home ( a new video essay on the film's shooting locations by author John Bengtson); Dutch television interview with Lloyd from 1962; featurette from 2005 about Greenacres, hosted by Suzanne Lloyd; two restored rare early Lloyd shorts (Over the Fence (1917) and That's Him (1918), with new Wurlitzer theater pipe organ scores and a discussion of their early film formats by archivist Dino Everett); new tour of Wurlitzer organ (with composer Nathan Barr and organist Mark Herman); essay by Carrie Rickey.
Summary:
When a traveling medicine show rolls into town, it brings with it excitement, the possibility of love, and a chance for Harold to prove his mettle. Deftly balancing Lloyd's brilliant sight gags and thrilling set pieces, which include an epic, knock-down, drag-out fight aboard an abandoned ship, the film is a hilarious and heartwarming high-water mark of early screen comedy.
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