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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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Main Author: Park, Ed, 1970- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Harold Lloyd Corporation, Pathécomedy (Firm), Pathé Exchange, Rolin Film Company
Other Authors: Roach, Hal, 1892-1992 (Screenwriter), Taylor, Sam, 1895-1958 (Screenwriter), Whelan, Tim, 1893-1957 (Screenwriter), Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971 (Actor), Davis, Mildred, 1900?-1969 (Actor), Strother, Bill, 1896-1957 (Actor), Young, Noah, 1887-1958 (Actor), Clarke, Westcott B., 1886-1959 (Actor), Lundin, Walter (director of photography.), Walker, H. M., 1878-1937 (Scenarist, Screenwriter), Pollard, Snub, 1889-1962 (Actor), Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971 (Actor), Leonard, Gus, 1859-1939 (Actor), Davis, Carl, 1936- (composer (expression),, interviewee (expression)), Carter, Gaylord (composer (expression)), Maltin, Leonard (Commentator), Correll, Richard (Commentator), Bengtson, John, 1957- (Commentator, interviewee (expression)), Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994 (Narrator), Barron, Craig (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent film with English intertitles and added music score.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2013.
Edition:Two-DVD special ed.
Series:Criterion collection ; 662.
Subjects:
Department stores > Drama.
Publicity > Drama.
Comedy films.
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Description
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: Disc 1: New 2K digital film restoration; 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 edition Park.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (73 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.).
Format:DVD video, region 1; NTSC; PCM 2.0 stereo; 1.37:1 aspect ratio ; Dolby Digital.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Photographed by Walter Lundin ; edited by T.J. Crizer ; titles by H.M Walker.
ISBN:9781604657319
1604657316