Safety last! [dvd videorecording]

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Title:

Safety last! [dvd videorecording]

Author:

Roach, Hal, 1892-1992, film producer, screenwriter.

ISBN:

9781604657319

Publication Information:

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (73 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([22] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)

Series:

Criterion collection ; 662

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 662.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1923.

Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital film restoration; About the scores (musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989, synchronized and restored and alternate score by organist Gaylord Carter from the late 1960s); Audio commentary featuring film critic Leonard Maltin and director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll; Suzanne Lloyd introduction; Short films (with optional commentary by Correll and film writer John Bengtson): Take a chance (1918, 10 min.), Young Mr. Jazz (1919, 10 min.), His royal slyness (1920, 22 min.). Disc 2: Harold Lloyd: the third genius (a 108-minute two-part television documentary from 1989, written and produced by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, narrated by filmmaker Lindsay Anderson); Locations and effects (a new documentary featuring film writer John Bengtson and visual-effects expert Craig Barron); Carl Davis: scoring for Harold (new interview with the composer). Booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park.

Contents:

Take a chance / Young Mr. Jazz / His royal slyness

Abstract:

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. He plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success.

Reading Level:

Rating: Not rated.

Subject Term:

Department stores -- Drama -- DVDs.

Publicity -- Drama -- DVDs.

Added Author:

Roach, Hal, 1892-1992,

Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971,