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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 Authors: Roach, Hal 1892-1992 (Author), Whelan, Tim 1893-1957 (Author)
Other Authors: Newmeyer, Fred 1888-1967 (Director), Lundin, Walter 1892-1954 (Cinematographer), Lloyd, Harold 1893-1971 (Actor), Davis, Mildred Hillary 1901-1969 (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:No linguistic content
Published: [S.l.] Criterion Collection 2013
Edition:Two-DVD special ed.
Series:The Criterion collection 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:1.37:1 aspect ratio; new 2K digital film restoration
Orig.: USA 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
Physical Description:2 DVDs, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 73 Min., s/w, stumm 12 cm Beih. ([12] Bl.)

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