Product Details

• Actors: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Jobyna Ralston
• Directors: Harold Lloyd, Alfred J. Goulding, Fred C. Newmeyer, Hal Roach, Leo McCarey
• Writers: Annette Lloyd
• Format: Silent, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Restored, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 15, 2005
• Run Time: 465 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000B5XORK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,060 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vol. 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific intro to Lloyd, but the whole set is a better value, October 26, 2005

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Donald Rogers (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (DVD)

Volume 1 of the 3-volume Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection includes Lloyd's best-remembered thrill comedy, Safety Last!, which is on no account to be missed. However, the complete 7-disc collection is priced very attractively -- at just a little more than double the cost of the 2-disc Volume 1, it is probably the better value.

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"

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rare chance to see (and own) Safety Last among other Lloyd rarities, November 26, 2005

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K. Corn "reviewer" (midwest, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (DVD)

How often does an opportunity like this come along? Not only to get a chance to see Harold Lloyd in action, one of the classic film comedians of all time, extremely popular in his day, but to see a movie like Safety Last, a film which wasn't even seen by that many people - EVER? To own a copy of the film...when I learned of that possibility, I truly felt shivers run up my spine.

Many people HAVE seen the classic photo of a man hanging from the face of a clock, high above a city. Consider that this photo, taken from the film, was created BEFORE the days of special effects which are so easily created for movies today. Think about HOW this scene was filmed.

Many have argued that Lloyd put himself in terrible danger to create some of those scenes, that he simply had to, that there was no way to create them otherwise. See what you think.

But first, simply sit back and enjoy the films themselves. Try to imagine living in the days when Harold Lloyd films came out, if you can. Try not to compare him to Chaplin or Keaton but experience him as the unique genius he was. I think his films are wonderful, even when judged by the preferences of today's filmgoers.

And be grateful that you have the opportunity to add this set of films to YOUR collection. Truly a must for film buffs and historians, not to mention anyone who simply wants to experience something very different from the films shown today.

Amazon lists the films in this series and other reviewers have listed the plots of those films so I'm simply urging you to get this collection (or the more extensive collection that is available as well) while you can.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Side-splitting Silents! Terrible Talkies, November 28, 2005

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R. Houck (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (DVD)

Two of the Lloyd films in this set, Milky Way and Cat's-Paw are talkies from the 1930's. The other six are silent films from the late teens to mid twenties.

I thought the talkies were truly awful, entirely forgettable. Lloyd's voice is high and annoying, and these films are dramas although with a few funny moments. Lloyd is entirely a fish out of water here, as one of the best silent comedians of the 20's is attempting to do talking dramas in the 30's. All of the manic energy of his 20's films is missing.

The silent films are great fun, however, and run around 4 1/2 hours. So, they alone make this package a good deal.


Lloyd constantly gets into jams, and watching him wriggle out is very entertaining. The picture quality of these and other Lloyd silents I've seen is extremely good - the best I've ever seen for films this old. The musical scores fit the movies very well.

Safety Last - most readers of this review will probably be familiar with Back to the Future. The scene where Doc Brown is hanging from the clocktower with his right hand and grabbing for an extension cord with his left hand looks based on a similar scene in Safety Last, although Lloyd is grasping for a rope rather than an extension cord.

The shots of 1920's Los Angeles are fascinating.