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The Best In Silent Comedy, Why No DVD???
I have been on quite a silent movie kick for the last year, and must say that I was so happy to finally stumble upon Harold Lloyd. I was not at all impressed with Buster Keaton and certainly not with Charlie Chaplin; they just aren't funny at all. Chaplin, in particular, does the same tired old gags over and over, making me wonder how he ever became so famous.

This film won't have your side hurting from laughter, but its much less tiring or corny than Chaplin. And the scenes of roaring 20s New York City are marvelous! From the opening shot of the Manhattan skyline from near the Brooklyn Bridge, to the scenes in the Bronx of Yankee Stadium, to the extensive look at Cony Island, and with steady peeks into everyday life in the city some 80 years ago, these images are truly priceless. Add to that Lloyd's frantic brand of humor and a special appearance by none other than Babe Ruth himself, and it makes you wonder why this movie isn't better known and accepted as a great American classic.

The VHS image is quite sharp for a film of this age, and the music is audible and seems appropriate to the era. I would much prefer to buy this on DVD, however...

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Good! I own this film ever since I taped it from TCM!!
Harold LLoyd's very last silent film is known to be a Hollywood Great. But, the film is out of print [I don't know why] and extremely hard to find and purchase. Just recently, I taped this film on television when it came on one Sunday night. I taped it along with the other silent film ''Regeneration'' which was made in 1915. This film is a great comedy featuring Harold LLoyd as a young man who is about to save the very last trolley in New York City. One of the best scenes in the film is at the amusement park in New York, where an enormous crab gets accidentally picked up in Speedy's pocket, and I won't ruin the rest for you!! See it, and try to catch it on Ch. 70, which is Turner Classic Movies..

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Harold Lloyd's last silent film is another winner.
In this film, Harold is an avid baseball fan who becomes a taxi driver and picks up Babe Ruth (as himself) as a passenger. Harold and his girlfriend help her grandfather save his horsedrawn trolley car, the last in New York City. The scenes of Harold and his girl in the Coney Island of 1928 are a treat, and as always in a Lloyd movie, there are scenes in which the viewer finds that what's actually happening isn't at all what it seemed at first! A great comedy--Lloyd is always fun to watch.