The Freshman (1925)

Directed by

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Genre

comedy film, silent film, American football film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 129 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man enters college and tries to gain popularity by joining the football team. He faces awkward situations in his quest to be seen as a big man on campus.

lightheartedplayfulenergeticoptimisticwhimsicalslapstickupbeat

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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