The Freshman
About The Freshman
Harold Lamb works, practices yells, and copies a movie introduction so he will fit in at Tate University. He becomes the target of jokes. Peggy is his one real friend. He sets out to get onto the football team and be popular. Harold Lloyd plays Harold. Jobyna Ralston plays Peggy.
Cast & crew
More about The Freshman
Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor directed. John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan, and Ted Wilde wrote it. Lloyd produced it. Walter Lundin photographed it. Pathé Exchange released it. It opened on 20 September 1925 at the B. S. Moss Colony Theater on Broadway, with Broderick and Felsen's Campus Capers as the opening act for the ten-week run. It runs 76 minutes. The Library of Congress added it to the National Film Registry in 1990. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Walter Lundin photographed the Tate campus and the football scenes.
Preservation
Named to the National Film Registry in 1990. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Brooks Benedict, James Anderson, and Hazel Keener are billed.
- Charles Farrell and Grady Sutton are on the Wikidata cast.
- The cost on Wikidata is $301,681.
- It was among the first 50 films named to the National Film Registry.
Scenes
- Harold arrives with a practiced yell and a movie-style introduction.
- He tries to make the football team after the campus jokes.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Freshman)
