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25:30Episode 1
Number, Please?
Episode 1
Directed by Hal Roach and Fred Newmeyer • 1920 • United States
A young, heartbroken man goes to the amusement park, only to see the girl he lost with a new man.
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27:49Episode 2
An Eastern Westerner
Episode 2
Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
In this two-reeler from 1920, a fast and furious parody of western films, Harold Lloyd stars as an East Coast boy shipped off to a ranch; Mildred Davis, who would later become Lloyd’s wife, costars. It is presented here with a new score composed and c...
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1:41:36Episode 3
The Rocket from Calabuch
Episode 3
Directed by Luis García Berlanga • 1956 • Spain
Starring Edmund Gwenn, Valentina Cortese, Juan CalvoIn one of Luis García Berlanga’s gentlest comedies, an aging American scientist (Oscar winner Edmund Gwenn) goes incognito, trading in his career as a prominent atomic-bomb expert for a tranquil ...
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1:33:41Episode 4
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Episode 4
Directed by Alan Clarke • 1987 • United Kingdom
Starring Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George CostiganAndrea Dunbar adapted her own slice-of-life stage play for this rare foray into comedy from social-realist director Alan Clarke. Life in their drab Yorkshire city holds no surprises for wo...
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1:36:31Episode 5
Movie Crazy
Episode 5
Directed by Clyde Bruckman • 1932 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth ThomsonClumsy Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd) is a young movie fan with a burning desire to be in pictures—but no real acting experience or ability. A mix-up in the casting office, however, brings hi...
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29:55Episode 6
Never Weaken
Episode 6
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Harold Lloyd plays a young man who is in love with a young woman, but he mistakenly believes she loves another. Despondent, he decides to commit suicide, but each attempt is unsuccessful.