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The Harold Lloyd
Comedy Collection
Volume 2
(1919-1930)

Contents: Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919), Bumping into Broadway (1919), High and Dizzy (1920), Now or Never (1921), Grandma’s Boy (1922), Doctor Jack (1922), The Freshman (1925), The Kid Brother (1927) and Feet First (1930).

New Line Home Entertainment
2005 DVD edition

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 2 (1919-1930), black & white and color-toned black & white, 466 minutes total, not rated, including Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, Bumping into Broadway (1919), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, High and Dizzy (1920), black & white, 26 minutes, not rated, Now or Never (1921), black & white, 36 minutes, not rated, Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated, Doctor Jack (1922), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, The Freshman (1925), black & white and color-toned black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, The Kid Brother (1927), black & white and color-toned black & white, 82 minutes, not rated, and Feet First (1930), black & white, 91 minutes, not rated.

New Line Home Entertainment, N8447, UPC 7-94043-84472-0, ISBN 0-7806-5290-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, English and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; chapter stops; and one dual-sided, dual-layered (side A)/single-layered (side B) Region 1 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, English and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 15 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This two-disc DVD collection is mastered from 35mm restoration prints overseen by The Harold Lloyd Trust, which should represent the best-surviving prints of these seven Harold Lloyd shorts and feature films. The Freshman is presented with audio commentary by Leonard Maltin, Rich Correll and Richard Bann.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this collection, see our Billy Blazes, Esq. on home video, Bumping into Broadway on home video, Doctor Jack on home video, The Freshman on home video, Grandma’s Boy on home video, High and Dizzy on home video, The Kid Brother on home video and Now or Never on home video pages.

While long out-of-print, this collection still represents the best-available home video editions of some these wonderful films and recommend it highly, if you can find a copy.

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