Harold Lloyd
2) The freshman
Series
Criterion collection volume 703
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English
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Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the freshman's careful plans inevitably go hilariously awry, be it on the football field or at the Fall Frolic. But he gets a climactic chance to prove his mettle, and impress the sweet girl he loves, in one of the most famous sports sequences ever filmed. This crowd-pleaser is a gleeful showcase for Lloyd's slapstick brilliance and incandescent charm.
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Dogs of war: Little Rascals meet the one and only Harold Lloyd after a vegetable-throwing war between rival kid gangs.
Derby day: After watching a real horse race, the Little Rascals decide to try it for themselves and stage their own race using tricyles and neighborhood pets.
5) The freshman
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English
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Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the freshman's careful plans inevitably go hilariously awry, be it on the football field or at the Fall Frolic. But he gets a climactic chance to prove his mettle, and impress the sweet girl he loves, in one of the most famous sports sequences ever filmed. This crowd-pleaser is a gleeful showcase for Lloyd's slapstick brilliance and incandescent charm.
7) Speedy
Series
Criterion collection volume 788
Language
English
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It was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd, and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his "Glasses Character" this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can't keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city's last horse-drawn trolley, which is operated by his sweetheart's crusty grandfather.
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When a traveling medicine show rolls into town, it brings with it excitement, the possibility of love, and a chance for Harold to prove his mettle. Deftly balancing Lloyd's brilliant sight gags and thrilling set pieces, which include an epic, knock-down, drag-out fight aboard an abandoned ship, the film is a hilarious and heartwarming high-water mark of early screen comedy.
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Expect to find exploding cars, innocent bystanders smacked in the head with hammers, half-naked underwear models chased by cross-dressing villains, auctioneers crawling across airplane wings to retrieve false teeth, memory-impaired lovers, somnambulists, drunken reprobates, deranged acrobats, and the Keystone Kops.
10) The Milky way
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English
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The story of a timid milkman who is deluded into believing he is a great prize-fighter.
11) Safety last!
Series
Criterion collection volume 662
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None
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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 his part that gets him started on the climb to success.
12) Speedy
Series
Criterion collection volume 788
Language
None
Description
It was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd, and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his "Glasses Character" this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can't keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city's last horse-drawn trolley, which is operated by his sweetheart's crusty grandfather.
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English
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Rube & Mandy at Coney Island: Sweethearts head to Coney Island for a delightful day of diversions highlighted by trips to Luna Park, rides on the mechanical horses and a camel, a ropewalk, a splashdown boat ride all topped off by a Coney Island Hot Dog. The wonderful architecture and ambiance of this lost world at the turn of the century, is tenderly preserved in this rare short. Filmed in 1903 at Coney Island in New York, New York.
Coney Island:...