The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vols. 1-3 (1923) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am so looking forward to this release! I have seen only a few of Lloyd's features: Grandma's Boy, The Kid Brother, Speedy, The Freshman, Hot Water, Girl Shy and of course Safety Last! (I guess that's more than a few.) But the point is, most of these films have been hard to find; some have been unavailable for literally decades.
I think Lloyd as a silent comedian is second only to Keaton, and I say that as a Chaplin-lover. Buy this now!
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On November 15th New Line will release three two-disc collections with a MSRP of $29.95 each. All three collections will also be available in a boxed set, The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, which will include a bonus disc that will not be available separately. The boxed set will retail for $89.85. The discs will include the following films: Volume 1
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Disc 1:
Girl Shy (1924)
Safety Last! (1923) w/ commentary by Leonard Maltin and director Richard Correll
An Eastern Westerner (1920)
Ask Father (1919)
From Hand to Mouth (1919)
Disc 2:
The Milky Way (1936)
The Cat's Paw (1934)
Why Worry? (1923)
Featurette "Harold's Hollywood: Then and Now"
Volume 2
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Disc 1:
The Kid Brother (1927) w/ commentary by Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd, author Annette D'Agostino Lloyd, and Rich Correll
The Freshman (1925) w /commentary by Leonard Maltin, Richard Correll and author/film historian Richard W. Bann
Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919)
Disc 2:
Feet First (1930)
Grandma's Boy (1922)
Dr. Jack (1922)
Now or Never (1921)
High and Dizzy (1920)
"Scoring for Comedy" featurette
Volume 3
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Disc 1:
Speedy (1928) w/ commentary by Suzanne Lloyd, Annette D'Agostino Lloyd and Richard Correll
Hot Water (1924)
Never Weaken (1921)
Haunted Spooks (1920) w/ commentary by Suzanne Lloyd, Annette D'Agostino Lloyd and Richard Correll
Disc 2:
Movie Crazy (1932)
For Heaven's Sake (1926)
I Do (1921)
Among Those Present (1921)
A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Get Out and Get Under (1920)
Number Please? (1920)
"Greenacres" featurette Bonus Disc
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Rare, vintage interviews and home movies
Tributes and interviews with family, friends and legendary celebrities including Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Tab Hunter and director John Landis
Narrative chronology detailing the life and times of Harold Lloyd, hosted by Leonard Maltin
Video bios of many of Harold Lloyd's collaborators and stars of the golden age of cinema
Harold Lloyd Academy Award speech
USC's Delta Kappa Alpha tribute to Harold Lloyd hosted by Jack Lemmon and Steve Allen
3-D photos shot by Harold Lloyd himself (3-D glasses included)
Photo and publicity galleries
Radio shows
And more!

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Having appeared in more than 200 films and widely considered to be one of cinema's most respected comic geniuses, Harold Lloyd was one of Hollywood's first true movie stars. Now, entertainment enthusiasts of all ages can enjoy the work of the man who inspired generations of acting greats with The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection. DVD Features:Audio CommentaryBiographiesComparison ScenesFeaturetteInterviewsIntroductionOther:*All feature films and shorts are full frame versions. **All content will have Spanish subtitles. Only the pictures with sound will have English subtitles and closed captions Photo gallery:REMASTERED! RESTORED! RESCORED!

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The Brooklyn Dodgers - The Original America's Team (2005) Review

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(More customer reviews)Perhaps you had to have seen them. One fan has observed that trying to explain what they were like creates bewilderment in present day baseball fans. This series (along with others that have been done) is the next best thing.I fear that people who never saw them might think think the series sentimental. But there is a difference between sentimentality and sentiment. And this series though filled with sentiment is never sentimental. This lovingly crafted documentary gives a fine sense of what the team represented--passion, democracy, and community. The centerpoint of the series is Jackie Robinson--and rightly so; but what a great team they were! Duke,Campy, Pee Wee Gil , Clem,and the wonderfully humane Carl Erskine are presented in all their glory. One complaint that will resonate only with those who remember the moment: I wish this series had shown footage of the catch Duke made off what seemed a certain homerun by Willy Jones--a catch that rivals Willie Mays famous catch in the 54 world series. Jake Pitler the Dodger first base coach thought the Duke's the best catch he had seen since 1909. Oh, I also think that it is not fair that Vin Scully who replaced Red Barber as the Dodger announcer is not recognized properly)
The inevitability of their destruction a combination of changing social times and real villany (Robert Moses was as ruthless as any Shakespearean villain and as for O'Malloy the joke runs--what would you do if you had Hitler Stalin and O'Malley in the same room a a gun with two bullets? The answer: Shoot O'Malley twice) is the substance of a Shakesperean or Greek tragedy. The comparison is not "academic" Maybe there is one that seems less contrived but I cannot think of any. So just consider: In Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Aufidius a moment before murdering Caius Martius calls him "Boy" and Coriolanus in all his fury and brilliance responds " like an eagle in a dovecote I fluttered your Volscians in Corioles. Alone I did it. Boy!" Jackie Robinson could have said that. He really could have! And Erskine, Duke, dear Clem Labine and the rest of his teammates would have agreed. But they were all eagles. "I have been striken a mortal blow" Agamemnon cries out in Aeshylus' play. New York suffered a mortal blow when the Dodgers left Brooklyn--and I mean mortal. I don't think the city ever recovered. I really don't think the comparison far fetched. I just watched a modernization of Othello in which the great general is reincarnated so to speak as a basketall star--and why not? Anyway, just watch the series and then put bumper stickers on your cars demanding that Gil Hodges be inducted into the Hall of Fame!

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