Anything But Silent: Harold Lloyd in the Freshman

Anything But Silent
Harold Lloyd in THE FRESHMAN

With live accompaniment by Ben Model & featuring a post-film discussion and book signing of Ben’s new book The Silent Film Universe. Books will be available to purchase at the box office 

In Harold Lloyd’s biggest box-office hit, he stars as the eager yet befuddled everyman as he heads off to college. Though he dreams of being a big man on campus, the freshman’s careful plans inevitably go hilariously awry, be it on the football field or at the Fall Frolic. But he gets a chance to prove his mettle, and impress the sweet girl he loves, in one of the most famous sports sequences ever filmed. This crowd-pleaser is a gleeful showcase for Lloyd’s slapstick brilliance and incandescent charm. (1925, 76 mins)

ABOUT THE BOOK: THE SILENT FILM UNIVERSE

Watching silent films is an immersive, dreamlike experience. The storytelling and characters of these movies can only exist in the Silent Film Universe, where a purely visual cinematic language commingles with the viewer’s imagination. How this works – for both yesterday’s and today’s filmgoers – is explored and explained in this groundbreaking, insightful, and entertaining book that will leave you with a new appreciation of silent film.

ABOUT BEN MODEL:

Ben Model is a silent film accompanist, presenter, historian, and educator. He is a resident film accompanist for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Library of Congress and the Cinema Arts Centre. He is a Visiting Professor of Film at Wesleyan University and is the archivist-historian for the Ernie Kovacs Television Collection.

Model is the founder and producer of Undercrank Productions – a boutique Blu-ray/DVD label specializing in the revival and restoration of notable and obscure films of the silent era – and is the co-founder and producer of The Silent Clowns Film Series, a popular and long-running silent comedy film showcase in NYC. He lives in New York, NY. More about his various creative endeavors can be found at silentfilmmusic.com

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