The Kid Brother (1927)

[Scottie]

https://old.reddit.com/r/criterion/c...oyd_confirmed/

[BluBlazes]

Great news! I've been hoping Criterion would bring out more of Lloyd's films.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by BluBlazes

Great news! I've been hoping Criterion would bring out more of Lloyd's films.

They have the entire holdings of the Lloyd Estate licensed, which is substantial. It's just a matter of them getting around to them.

The Kid Brother is a good one, but personally the one I'm anxious for is Girl Shy.

[Ned Brainard]

It was rumored that The Kid Brother was going to be out this year for the 125th anniversary of Lloyd's birth, but that didn't materialize for whatever reason. I'll just say that I hope Criterion will soon release this film.

[malakaheso]

It's about time!

[gates70]

Day 1

[MifuneFan]

Officially announced, and coming March 12th

SPECIAL FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration
Orchestral score by composer Carl Davis from 1989
Alternate archival organ score performed by Gaylord Carter
Audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Annette D’Agostino Lloyd, and Harold Lloyd’s granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd
Harold’s Leading Ladies, a new conversation between author Cari Beauchamp and Suzanne Lloyd
Anatomy of a Gag: Monkeyshoes, a new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns
Behind-the-scenes stills gallery curated by Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Simonton Jr.
Close to Home, a new video essay on the film’s shooting locations by author John Bengtson
Dutch television interview with Lloyd from 1962
Featurette from 2005 about Greenacres, Lloyd’s estate, hosted by Suzanne Lloyd
Two restored rare early Lloyd shorts: Over the Fence (1917) and That’s Him (1918), with new Wurlitzer theater pipe organ scores and a discussion of their early film formats by archivist Dino Everett
New tour of the Wurlitzer organ with composer Nathan Barr and organist Mark Herman
PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey

[anthonyls]

Why is Lloyd grabbing his crotch? Is this an early hip/hop video or does he have to pee?!?

[javi92]

Good to see another Lloyd title come out.

[drat]

Originally Posted by anthonyls

Why is Lloyd grabbing his crotch? Is this an early hip/hop video or does he have to pee?!?

Classic Lloyd -- always working blue.

[tama]

Def have to get this. I still also need to get The Freshman. Perfect excuse now.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by anthonyls

Why is Lloyd grabbing his crotch? Is this an early hip/hop video or does he have to pee?!?

That’s his fake hand, it was kind of difficult for him to hold it in certain positions without making it obvious as he was kind of self conscious about it.

[Bandit Tajomaru]

Originally Posted by anthonyls

Why is Lloyd grabbing his crotch? Is this an early hip/hop video or does he have to pee?!?

Maybe he just got done using his 3d camera to take 3d nudey pictures. That was one of his hobbies you know.

[John_Drake]

Definitely.

The more Lloyd the better--

[bruceames]

This is my favorite Lloyd film, with Girl Shy a close second. Actually all his movies with Jobyna Ralston I prefer over the others because they have great chemistry and she is such a doll.

[koberulz]

Fake hand?

[Rzzzz]

Something about blowing 3 fingers off in a stunt gone wrong....

[Horse_Hockey]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Something about blowing 3 fingers off in a stunt gone wrong....

Eyow. And I though Keaton lived dangerously.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Something about blowing 3 fingers off in a stunt gone wrong....

Yeah, more like a photo shoot with a fake bomb that turned out to be a real bomb and blew off his thumb and index finger. He wore a prosthesis hidden under a special glove after that and kind of hid his hand from view as much as possible which is why I'm surprised it's so prominent in that photo used on the cover. I first noticed it while watching Speedy when I just happened to notice his hand looked a little weird in some scenes and read up on it. I have a morbid interest in stuff like that. Reading up on his estate, Greenacres, is also interesting, especially after he died in the 1970s and people toured his house and said it was basically like Sunset Boulevard where everything was pretty much as it had been when the house was built in the 1920s.

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

Yeah, more like a photo shoot with a fake bomb that turned out to be a real bomb and blew off his thumb and index finger. He wore a prosthesis hidden under a special glove after that and kind of hid his hand from view as much as possible which is why I'm surprised it's so prominent in that photo used on the cover. I first noticed it while watching Speedy when I just happened to notice his hand looked a little weird in some scenes and read up on it. I have a morbid interest in stuff like that. Reading up on his estate, Greenacres, is also interesting, especially after he died in the 1970s and people toured his house and said it was basically like Sunset Boulevard where everything was pretty much as it had been when the house was built in the 1920s.

I've loved Harold Lloyd since I was a kid. My first introduction to him was at a wax museum with him hanging from that big clock. I believe the only film I ever got to see on TV was Safety Last and even then it might have been just snippets since he wasn't good about licensing his films on TV. Maybe it was having to seek out his films (before home media) that piqued my interest. The harder something is to find, the more I seek it. I first heard about the hand incident from the Criterion Safety Last extras. I believe it was in reference to all the climbing he did with his damaged hand. That pic I posted is his actual prosthetic hand that was auctioned off with some of his personal items not too long ago. And speaking of his estate, isn't that the same one that was used in some of the scenes from The Most Dangerous Game (1932) ? They even used his great danes for that film....