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Title:

Safety last! / Janus Films ; Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc. ; Hal Roach presents ; Pathécomedy ; Pathé Exchance, Inc. ; directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor ; story by Hal Roach, Sam Taylor and Tim Whelan.

Edition:

Two-DVD special edtion ; DVD edition ; full screen.

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

©2013

Description:

2 videodiscs (73 min.) : silent with added music, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Department stores--Drama.
Publicity--Drama.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Newmeyer, Fred, film director.
Taylor, Sam, 1895-1958, screenwriter. screenwriter.
Roach, Hal, 1892-1992, screenwriter. screenwriter.
Whelan, Tim, 1893-1957, screenwriter.

Other Titles:

Take a chance.
Young Mr. Jazz.
His royal slyness.
Harold Lloyd: the third genius (Television program)

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1923. Special features: Disc 1. About the scores (musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989, synchronized and restored and alternate score by organist Gaylord Carter from the late 1960s); Audio commentary featuring film critic Leonard Maltin and director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll; Suzanne Lloyd introduction; Short films (with optional commentary by Correll and film writer John Bengtson): Take a chance (1918, 10 min.), Young Mr. Jazz (1919, 10 min.), His royal slyness (1920, 22 min.). Disc 2. Harold Lloyd: the third genius (a 108-minute two-part television documentary from 1989, written and produced by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, narrated by filmmaker Lindsay Anderson); Locations and effects (a new documentary featuring film writer John Bengtson and visual-effects expert Craig Barron); Carl Davis: scoring for Harold (new interview with the composer). Booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park. Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, Westcott B. Clarke. Short films: Harold Lloyd, Harry Pollard, Bebe Daniels (Take a chance, Young Mr. Jazz) ; Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Harry Pollard, Gus Leonard, Noah Young (His royal slyness).

Summary:

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. He plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 662.

ISBN:

1604657316
9781604657319

UPC:

715515106610

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)