{"id":25795,"date":"2012-05-11T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25795"},"modified":"2020-12-27T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T20:42:03","slug":"freshman-the-1925","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25795","title":{"rendered":"Freshman, The (1925)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a new one on Speedy: he thinks he made the football team, and he&#8217;s only the water boy!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Poster-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Poster-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn enthusiastic student (Harold Lloyd) looks forward to becoming a freshman in college, where he imagines he will be the most popular guy on campus; but much to the chagrin of his new sweetheart (Jobyna Ralston), he becomes a laughing stock instead.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Football<\/li>\n<li>Harold Lloyd Films<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;Harold Lloyd usually played cheery characters who wouldn&#8217;t be denied success at whatever it is they want&#8221; &#8212; and his performance here as &#8220;Speedy&#8221; is no exception. He argues that while the section in which Lloyd &#8220;is determined to be the star of the big game&#8221; remains &#8220;one of Lloyd&#8217;s most hilarious sequences&#8221;, the &#8220;entire film is filled with great comedy&#8221; &#8212; especially the &#8220;noteworthy&#8221; party sequence in which &#8220;Lloyd wears a hastily sewn tux which unravels a piece at a time&#8221;. Peary writes that &#8220;other gags remind [him] of Buster Keaton&#8221;, and argues that the &#8220;film is ideal to be on a double bill with Keaton&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24443\"><em>College<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; I&#8217;m in agreement with Peary&#8217;s enthusiasm. While it&#8217;s painful to see Lloyd&#8217;s character remain a deluded chump for so long, we take solace in the love he receives from his sweet, loyal girlfriend (Ralston), and feel inspired by his inability to let the opinions of others color his own self-worth. Among the many Lloyd titles listed in <em>GFTFF<\/em>, this remains one of the few &#8212; along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3450\"><em>Grandma&#8217;s Boy<\/em> (1922)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25173\"><em>Safety Last!<\/em> (1923)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9738\"><em>The Sin of Harold Diddlebock<\/em> (1947)<\/a> &#8212; that all film fanatics should check out.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several cleverly conceived comedic sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Suit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Suit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Suit.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Suit-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Suit-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The genuinely sweet romance between Lloyd and Ralston<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Romance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Romance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Romance.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Romance-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Freshman-Romance-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as one of Lloyd&#8217;s most famous and popular films. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0015841\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9505EFDF103AEF3ABC4951DFBF66838E639EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/the-freshman\/review\/132371\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/410795\/the-freshman#articles-reviews?articleId=995316\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got a new one on Speedy: he thinks he made the football team, and he&#8217;s only the water boy!&#8221; Synopsis: An enthusiastic student (Harold Lloyd) looks forward to becoming a freshman in college, where he imagines he will be the most popular guy on campus; but much to the chagrin of his new sweetheart (Jobyna Ralston), he becomes a laughing stock instead. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: College Comedy Football Harold Lloyd Films Silent Films Response to Peary\u2019s Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25795\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25795"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59991,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25795\/revisions\/59991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}