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Safety last! / Janus Films ; Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc. ; Hal Roach presents ; Pathécomedy ; Pathé Exchance, Inc. ; directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor ; story by Hal Roach, Sam Taylor and Tim Whelan.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Park, Ed (Wildlife manager), author.
Contributor:
Roach, Hal, 1892-1992, film producer, screenwriter, producer, screenwriter.
Newmeyer, Fred, film director, director.
Taylor, Sam, 1895-1958, film director, screenwriter, screenwriter.
Whelan, Tim, 1893-1957, screenwriter, screenwriter.
Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971, actor, actor.
Davis, Mildred, 1900?-1969, actor, actor.
Strother, Bill, 1896-1957, actor, actor.
Young, Noah, 1887-1958, actor, actor.
Clarke, Westcott B., 1886-1959, actor, actor.
Lundin, Walter, director of photography, photographer.
Crizer, Tom, editor of moving image work, editor of moving image work.
Walker, H. M., 1878-1937, scenarist, screenwriter, screenwriter.
Pollard, Snub, 1889-1962, actor, actor.
Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971, actor, actor.
Leonard, Gus, 1859-1939, actor, actor.
Davis, Carl, 1936-2023, composer (expression), interviewee (expression), composer, interviewee.
Carter, Gaylord, composer (expression), composer.
Maltin, Leonard, commentator, commentator.
Correll, Richard, commentator, commentator.
Lloyd, Suzanne, on-screen presenter, on-screen presenter.
Bengtson, John, 1957- commentator, interviewee (expression), interviewee.
Brownlow, Kevin, filmmaker, filmmaker.
Gill, David, 1928-1997, filmmaker, filmmaker.
Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994, narrator, narrator.
Barron, Craig, interviewee (expression), interviewee.
Janus Films, distributor.
Harold Lloyd Corporation, producer.
Hal Roach Studios, producer.
Pathécomedy (Firm), producer.
Pathé Exchange, producer.
Rolin Film Company, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 662.
Criterion collection ; 662
Language:
English
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Department stores--Drama.
Department stores.
Publicity--Drama.
Publicity.
Genre:
Feature films.
Silent films.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (73 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
monochrome
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
System Details:
DVD, region 1; NTSC; PCM 2.0 stereo; 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
digital
optical
stereo
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
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.
Contents:
Take a chance / Harold Lloyd Entertainment presents ; produced by the Rolin Film Company ; Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Young Mr. Jazz / Harold Lloyd Entertainment presents ; produced by the Rolin Film Company ; Pathé Exchange, Inc.
His royal slyness / Harold Lloyd Entertainment presents ; Pathé presents ; produced by Hal E. Roach ; titles by H.M. Walker.
Participant:
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, Westcott B. Clarke. Short films: Harold Lloyd, Harry Pollard, Bebe Daniels (Take a chance, Young Mr. Jazz) ; Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Harry Pollard, Gus Leonard, Noah Young (His royal slyness).
Credits:
Photographed by Walter Lundin ; edited by T.J. Crizer ; titles by H.M Walker.
Notes:
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 Ed Park.
Contains:
Take a chance.
Young Mr. Jazz.
His royal slyness.
ISBN:
9781604657319
1604657316
OCLC:
837388281
Publisher Number:
715515106610
CC2268D Criterion Collection

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