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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 h...

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Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Newmeyer, Fred, Taylor, Sam, 1895-1958, Roach, Hal, 1892-1992, Whelan, Tim, 1893-1957, Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971, Davis, Mildred, 1900?-1969
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:No linguistic content
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2013.
Edition:Blu-ray special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 662.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1923.
Special features: New, restored 2K digital film transfer; musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989, synchronized and restored under his supervision and presented in uncompressed stereo; alternate score by organist Gaylord Carter from the late 1960s, presented in uncompressed monaural; audio commentary featuring film critic Leonard Martin and director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll; introduction by Suzanne Lloyd, Lloyd's granddaughter and the president of Harold Lloyd Entertainment; Harold Lloyd: the third genius, a 108-minute documentary from 1989; three newly restored Lloyde shorts: Take a chance (1918), Young Mr. Jazz (1919), and His Royal Slyness (1920), with commentary by Correll and film writer John Bengston; Locations and effects, a new documentary featuring Bengston and visual-effects expert Craig Barron; new interview with Davis; plus a booklet featuring an essay by critic edition Park.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Format:Blu-ray disc; region A; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; PCM 2.0 stereo; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Photographed by Walter Lundin; edited by T.J. Crizer.
ISBN:9781604657302
1604657308