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The Freshman

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The Freshman is a 1925 American silent comedy starring Harold Lloyd as an eager, socially awkward incoming college student who models his behavior on a fictional campus hero from a movie he admires, and is repeatedly humiliated by classmates before an unexpected chance to play in the climactic football game. The film builds its comedy around Lloyd's persistent, good-natured optimism in the face of mounting social embarrassment, a variation on his established go-getter screen persona rather than the physical thrill sequences of his other best-known films. The Freshman was one of the biggest box-office successes of Lloyd's career and remains one of the most representative films of his particular comic style.

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Release YearSourced to the subject's own account
1925 1
CountrySourced to the subject's own account
United States 1
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Original LanguageSourced to the subject's own account
English 1
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Sam Taylor, Figures
Source The Freshman (1925 film) (Wikipedia)

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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.
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1. The Freshman (1925 film) (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia, The Freshman (1925 film), lead paragraph, release-year clause
    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.
  • Wikipedia, The Freshman (1925 film), lead paragraph, nationality clause
    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.
  • Wikipedia, The Freshman (1925 film), lead paragraph, release-year clause, original language
    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.
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    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.
  • In Group: American Silent Comedies, Lead
    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.
  • Created By: Sam Taylor, Lead
    The film was written by John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan, and Ted Wilde.
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