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...
Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Park, Ed, 1970-
(Author) |
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| Corporate Authors: |
Janus Films,
Harold Lloyd Corporation,
Pathécomedy (Firm),
Pathé Exchange,
Rolin Film Company |
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| 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, 1936-2023
(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)) |
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| Format: | Video
DVD
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| Language: | No linguistic content, Not applicable
English |
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| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
2013.
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| Edition: | Two-DVD special ed. |
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| Series: | Criterion collection ;
662.
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| 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.
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