The kid brother

Publication/Creation:

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]

Format:

Video or Visual Material

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The kid brother / a Paramount release ; directed by Ted Wilde ; co-drected by J. A. Howe ; scenario by John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Green ; produced by Harold Lloyd Corporation

Series Titles:

The Criterion collection ; 964
Criterion collection ; 964.

Related/Included Titles:

Kid brother (Motion picture)

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Wilde, Ted, 1889-1929, film director
Howe, Jay A., film director
Grey, John, 1873-1933, screenwriter
Neal, Lex, 1894-1940, screenwriter
Green, Howard J., 1893-1965, screenwriter
Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971, actor
Ralston, Jobyna, 1901-1967, actor
James, Walter, 1886-1946, actor
Willis, Leo, 1890-1952, actor
Francis, Olin, 1892-1952, actor
Romanoff, C., 1897-1977, actor
Boland, Eddie, 1885-1935, actor
Lanning, Frank, 1872-1945, actor
Yearsley, Ralph, 1896-1928, actor
Davis, Carl, 1936-, composer (expression)
Lundin, Walter, director of photography
McNeil, Allen, editor of moving image work
Carter, Gaylord, instrumentalist
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), presenter
Harold Lloyd Corporation, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Comedy films
Silent films
Feature films
Fiction films

Subjects:

Medicine shows--Drama
Man-woman relationships--Drama
False personation--Drama
Robbery--Drama

Description/Summary

Summary:

When a traveling medicine show rolls into town, it brings with it excitement, the possibility of love, and a chance for Harold to prove his mettle. Deftly balancing Lloyd's brilliant sight gags and thrilling set pieces, which include an epic, knock-down, drag-out fight aboard an abandoned ship, the film is a hilarious and heartwarming high-water mark of early screen comedy.

Language Note:

Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.

Physical Type/Description:

1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)

Technical Note:

Blu-ray; region A; full screen (1.33:1); LPCM 2.0; requires Blu-ray player.

General Note:

Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1927.
Orchestral score by composer Carl Davis from 1989; alternate archival organ score performed by Gaylord Carter.
Full screen (1.33:1).
"4K digital restoration"--Container.
Special features: Audio commentaries; Harold's leading ladies; Anatomy of a gag; behind-the-scenes stills gallery; Close to home; Dutch television interview with Lloyd from 1962; featurette from 2005 about Greenacres; two restored rare early Lloyd shorts; new tour of Wurlitzer organ; essay by Carrie Rickey.
Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Annette D'Agostino Lloyd, and Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd; Harold's leading ladies (a new conversation between author Cari Beauchamp and Suzanne Lloyd); Anatomy of a gag: monkeyshoes (a new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns); behind-the-scenes stills gallery; Close to home ( a new video essay on the film's shooting locations by author John Bengtson); Dutch television interview with Lloyd from 1962; featurette from 2005 about Greenacres, hosted by Suzanne Lloyd; two restored rare early Lloyd shorts (Over the Fence (1917) and That's Him (1918), with new Wurlitzer theater pipe organ scores and a discussion of their early film formats by archivist Dino Everett); new tour of Wurlitzer organ (with composer Nathan Barr and organist Mark Herman); essay by Carrie Rickey.

Participant/Performer Note:

Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Olin Francis, C. Romanoff, Eddie Boland, Frank Lanning, R. Yearsley.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Photographed by Walter Lundin ; editor, Allen McNeil.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936879320002486

ISBN:

9781681435596
1681435594

OCLC Number:

1083532490

Other Identifiers:

Universal Product Code: 715515227414

Publisher Number:

CC3002BD The Criterion Collection

Barcode:

010002876649