The freshman / Janus Films ; Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc. ; a Pathé picture ; Pathé Exchange, Inc. ; directed by Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer ; story by Sam Taylor, John Grey, Ted Wilde, Tim Whelan ; produced by the Harold Lloyd Corporation.
Edition:
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
2 videodiscs (76 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Blu-ray disc (76 min. : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
What's my line? Marathon. Eastern Westerner. High and dizzy.
Notes:
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James Anderson, Hazel Keener, Joseph Harrington, Pat Harmon. The marathon: Harold Lloyd, Harry Pollard, Bebe Daniels. An eastern westerner: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young. High and dizzy: Harold Lloyd, Roy Brooks, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe. Originally released as a motion picture in 1925. Special features: DVD Disc 1: New 4K digital transfer from a 1998 restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive; Commentary (featuring director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Richard Bann, and film critic Leonard Maltin); Harold Lloyd's funny side of life (on-camera introduction to The Freshman by Lloyd and a clip reel, both from Harold Lloyd's Funny Side of Life (1966)); Short films: The marathon (1919, 14 min.), An eastern westerner (1920, 28 min.), High and dizzy (1920, 27 min.). DVD Disc 2: Kevin Brownlow and Richard Correll (conversation between Correll and film historian Kevin Brownlow); Harold Lloyd : big man on campus (a new visual essay on the film's locations by Lloyd author John Bengtson); Delta Kappa Alpha tribute (footage from a 1963 Delta Kappa Alpha tribute to Lloyd, featuring comedian Steve Allen, director Delmer Daves, and actor Jack Lemmon); What's my line? (Lloyd's 1953 appearance on the television show What's My Line?). Blu-ray: New orchestral score, composed and conducted by Carl Davis, presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray. A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stephen Winer.
Contents:
High and dizzy / The marathon / Janus Films ; Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc ; Hal Roach presents ; directed by Hal Roach ; story by Frank Terry. An eastern westerner / Janus Films ; Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc ; Hal Roach presents ; directed by Hal Roach ; story by Frank Terry ; Pathe Distributors -- High and dizzy / Janus Films ; Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc ; Hal Roach presents ; directed by Hal Roach ; story by Frank Terry.
Summary:
Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the freshman's careful plans inevitably go hilariously awry, be it on the football field or at the Fall Frolic. But he gets a climactic chance to prove his mettle, and impress the sweet girl he loves, in one of the most famous sports sequences ever filmed. This crowd-pleaser is a gleeful showcase for Lloyd's slapstick brilliance and incandescent charm.
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