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The pigeons all over Harold on his Safety Last climb to the Clock is, if this is at all possible, almost a more amazing moment than Harold dangling from the Clock. This set also includes another film (Ask Father?) that includes a building climb scene that may have influenced Lloyd to extend that into the grand attractor for his masterpiece. But the set also includes talkies like Cat's Paw, which is really interesting historically because there's a very subtle call and response in it between the overt (and quite casual) racism of referring to any Chinese character as 'chink' and the way Harold speaks (or appears to speak) quite respectfully in a Chinese dialect to his Chinese host in the film. Mildred Davis appears in many of Harold's early films and 'The Boy' does seem to be very much in love with 'The Girl'. Read full review
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As a fan of silent comedies, I applaud the addition of the The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection to the list of movies available of DVD. It includes all of Lloyd's works during the 1920's, when feature films began to dominate the medium, and silent comedy reached its zenith of popularity. Also included are a few of the shorts he made from the late teens and early twenties, in all of which Lloyd appears as the "glass character," wearing his iconic lenseless glasses. Regrettably, none of the earlier films--the Lonesome Luke films--appear in this collection. The set incorporates several nice features. The optional commentaries by Leonard Maltin and others make several of the films more enjoyable by providing interesting background information. The bonus disc is filled with extra material such as a timeline, photo galleries, and numerous video anecdotes by critics, film historians, and directors. The musical scores are all new compositions and arrangements. In particular, I like the work arrangements by Robert Israel, who proved his ability to write background accompaniment for silent comedy in the Kino Video edition of Buster Keaton's work covering the very same period. The atmosphere of the music enhances the moods of the films and seems appropriate to the era in which the films were made. I had already been a keen Buster Keaton fan before I ever heard of Harold Lloyd. I considered Keaton's work to be funnier and more artistic than the work of any of the other comedians of the 1920's (my apologies to Chaplin fans). After watching most of the films in the Harold Lloyd collection, I am beginning to doubt this assessment. Although Lloyd may mot be, in my opinion, funnier and more enjoyable to watch than Keaton, I put them in the same league.Read full review
Think you don't like silent movies? You're wrong! Turn on the excellent commentary by Leonard Maltin. Also, some of the movies of this collection are talkies. Best movies in the collection are "The Freshmen","Safety Last!", and "Speedy".
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It was wonderful. Thank you very much! I have been looking for a Harold Lloyd set for a good price for quite a while. Thanks again.
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Funny movies from an artist that I had never heard of. Great laughs, well restored classics of the silent film era, set to lively music. Highly entertaining! Excellent (optional) commentary from Leonard Maltin.
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