Specialty CollectionGenre: FEATURE FILMS
Description: COMEDY HAROLD LLOYD, FRANCES RAMSDEN, JIMMY CONLIN, RAYMOND WALBURN, EDGAR KENNEDY, ARLINE JUDGE, FRANKLIN PANGBORN, LIONEL STANDER, MARGARET HAMILTON, AL BRIDGE, FRANK MORAN, TORBEN MEYER, VICTOR POTEL, JACK NORTON, ARTHUR HOYT, GEORGIA CAINE, GLADYS FORREST, MAX WAGNER, RUDY VALLEE, JULIUS TANNEN, ROBERT DUDLEY, ROBERT GREIG, PAT HARMON, DEWEY ROBINSON, WILBUR MACK, CHARLES R. MOORE, HARRY ROSENTHAL, ETHELREDA LEOPOLD, DOT FARLEY, ANGELO ROSSITTO, TOM MCGUIRE, J. FARRELL MACDONALD, ROB REEVES, FRANKLYN FARNUM, ALICE THE HORSE, JACKIE THE LION. ANIMAL ACTORS. BEGINS WITH SCENE FROM THE SILENT CLASSIC THE FRESHMAN. WE LEARN THAT THE FOOTBALL HERO DIDN'T GO ON TO BE A MAN OF INDUSTRY. INSTEAD, HE BECOMES A FRUMPY BOOKKEEPER WITH NO LIFE OTHER THAN AT THE OFFICE, WITH ALL HIS GLORY DAYS BEHIND HIM. WHEN HE'S FIRED FROM HIS JOB AFTER BEING FAITHFUL TO THE FIRM FOR TWO DECADES, HE GOES ON A DRUNKEN SPREE, AND, IN AN UNLIKELY SERIES OF EVENTS AS YOU'LL EVER SEE, HE WAKES UP THE OWNER OF A MOTH-EATEN AND BANKRUPT CIRCUS. NOW HE HAS TO GO OUT AND RAISE THE MONEY TO FEED HIS ANIMALS AND HE WINDS UP IN A LATTER-DAY VERSION OF THE SCENE FOR WHICH HE BECAME SO FAMOUS - HANGING FROM A TALL BUILDING. THIS TIME A HUGE LION IS MENACING HIM AND THE THRILLS AND LAUGHTER INTERTWINE SO QUICKLY THAT YOU'LL BE BITING YOUR NAILS THROUGH GRINNING TEETH. A CONVICT. PRISSINESS. DIRECTED BY PRESTON STURGES.
