Summary
It was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd (Safety Last!), 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.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 788. |
| Subjects |
Man-woman relationships
-- Drama.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Drama. Taxicab drivers -- Drama. New York (N.Y.) -- Drama. Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Silent films. Comedy films. |
| Publisher | [Irvington, New York?] :2015 |
| Edition | Two-DVD special edition, Full screen. |
| Contributors |
Wilde, Ted,
1889-1929, film director. Grey, John, 1873-1933, screenwriter. Neal, Lex, 1894-1940, screenwriter. Rogers, Howard Emmett, 1890-1971, screenwriter. Howe, Jay A., screenwriter. Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971, actor. Christy, Ann, 1905-1987, actor. Woodruff, Bert, 1856-1934, actor. Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948, actor. Douglas, Byron, 1868-1935, actor. Benedict, Brooks, 1896-1968, actor. Davis, Carl, 1936- composer. Harold Lloyd Corporation, production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Byron Douglas, Brooks Benedict. |
| Other Contributors |
Music composed by Carl Davis (1992) ; photography by Walter Lundin ; art director, L.K. Vedder ; film editor, Carl Himm ; music composed and conducted by Carl Davis ; performed by the Live Cinema Orchestra. Photography, Walter Lundin ; titles, Albert DeMond ; production manager, John L. Murphy ; special photography, H. Kohler ; film editor, Carl Hill ; 1992 score by Carl Davis, synchronized and restored under his supervision. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
No linguistic content Silent film with musical accompaniment and intertitles in English. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1928. Special features include: new audio commentary featuring Bruce Goldstein and Scott McGee; In the footsteps of Speedy documentary by Goldstein about the film's New York shoot; selection of archival footage of Babe Ruth; video essay; selection of Harold Lloyd's home movies, narrated by his granddaughter; Bumping into Broadway two-reel film from 1919 with 2004 score by Robert Israel. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1681430835 9781681430836 |
| Other | Classic View |