The Freshman, starring Harold Lloyd

In The Freshman, Harold Lloyd plays the role of Harold (Speedy) Lamb, a starry-eyed college freshman, who’s been dreaming of becoming a “big man on campus”, imitating his college football player idol all the way down to imitating a (silly) jig that he does before shaking someone’s hand. Once he’s at college, his over-eagerness makes him an object of ridicule by many, but his determination compensates. For example, Harold Lloyd thinks he’s made the college football team, when at first the coach is simply using him as a tackling dummy (a very funny scene), and later as the water boy …
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