| The Freshman | |
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer Sam Taylor |
| Written by | John Grey Sam Taylor Tim Whelan Ted Wilde |
| Produced by | Harold Lloyd |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd Jobyna Ralston |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Music by | Harold Berg |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | $301,681[1] |
| Box office | $2.6 million[2] |
The Freshman is a 1925 American silent comedy film that tells the story of a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, and James Anderson. It remains one of Lloyd's most successful and enduring films. When the film opened on September 20 at the B.S. Moss Colony Theater on Broadway, Broderick & Felsen's production of Campus Capers was the opening act which was engaged for the full ten weeks of the film's run.
The film was written by John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan, and Ted Wilde. It was directed by Taylor and Fred C. Newmeyer.
In 1990, The Freshman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," added in the second year of voting and one of the first 50 films to receive the honor.[3]
- ^ Vance, Jeffrey and Suzanne Lloyd. "Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian" New York: Harry N Abrams. p 133
- ^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers," International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed April 19, 2014
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 29, 2020.