CRITERION COLLECTION: THE FRESHMAN [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1925
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Sports
• Plot: Harold Lloyd's 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 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, and it is accompanied here by a new orchestral score by Carl Davis.
• Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James H. Anderson, Hazel Keener, Joseph Harrington, Pat Harmon, Leon Beaumon, Roy Brooks, Rosalind Byrne, Pete the Dog, Charles Farrell, Wallace Howe, Gus Leonard, King Lockwood, George Marion, Oscar Smith, Charles Stevenson, Grady Sutton, May Wallace, Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Ted Wilde, John Grey, Tim Whelan, Thomas J. Gray, Walter Lundin
• Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
• Runtime: 1:16
• Company: Pathé Exchange, Inc., The Harold Lloyd Corporation, Harold Lloyd Entertainment Inc., UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie