The Freshman (#703)

Harold Lloyds biggest box-office hit was this silent comedy gem, featuring the befuddled everyman at his eager best as a new college student. Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the freshmans 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 mettleand impress the sweet girl he lovesin one of the most famous sports sequences ever filmed. This crowd-pleaser is a gleeful showcase for Lloyds slapstick brilliance and incandescent charm, and it is accompanied here by a new orchestral score by Carl Davis.

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Film Info

• United States
• 1925
• 76 minutes
• Black & White
• 1.33:1
• English
• Spine #703

DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital transfer from a 1998 restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive
• New orchestral score, composed and conducted by Carl Davis, presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray
• Audio commentary featuring director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Richard Bann, and film critic Leonard Maltin
• On-camera introduction toThe Freshmanby Lloyd and a clip reel, both fromHarold Lloyds Funny Side of Life(1966)
• Three newly restored Lloyd shorts:The Marathon(1919), with a new piano score by Gabriel Thibaudeau, andAn Eastern WesternerandHigh and Dizzy(both 1920), with new orchestral scores by Davis
• Harold Lloyd: Big Man on Campus, a new visual essay on the films locations by Lloyd author John Bengtson
• Conversation between Correll and film historian Kevin Brownlow
• Footage from a 1963 Delta Kappa Alpha tribute to Lloyd, featuring comedian Steve Allen, director Delmer Daves, and actor Jack Lemmon
• Lloyds 1953 appearance on the television showWhats My Line?
• PLUS: An essay by critic Stephen Winer

  New cover by F. Ron Miller