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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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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | No linguistic content |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
2013.
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| 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. |
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| 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 |