
Harold Lloyd's most personal film — and his biggest box-office hit. A small-town boy arrives at college determined to be the most popular man on campus, but his eager-to-please awkwardness makes him a laughingstock: the whole school is secretly mocking the "jig" dance he thinks is making him a hit. Lloyd plays the mounting humiliation with such genuine vulnerability that you feel every wince, and the climactic football game — where the freshman finally gets his chance to play — is one of the most thrilling and hilarious extended sequences in silent comedy. The film is also a surprisingly sharp satire of American conformity and the desperate need to belong. Lloyd, always the most accessible of the great silent comedians, here creates a character so universally relatable that the film hasn't dated a day.
Harold Lloyd's most personal film — and his biggest box-office hit. A small-town boy arrives at college determined to be the most popular man on campus, but his eager-to-please awkwardness makes him a laughingstock: the whole school is secretly mocking the "jig" dance he thinks is making him a hit. Lloyd plays the mounting humiliation with such genuine vulnerability that you feel every wince, and the climactic football game — where the freshman finally gets his chance to play — is one of the most thrilling and hilarious extended sequences in silent comedy. The film is also a surprisingly sharp satire of American conformity and the desperate need to belong. Lloyd, always the most accessible of the great silent comedians, here creates a character so universally relatable that the film hasn't dated a day.

Harold Lloyd
Harold Lamb

Jobyna Ralston
Peggy

Brooks Benedict
The College Cad

Hazel Keener
The College Belle

Joseph Harrington
The College Tailor

Pat Harmon
The Football Coach

Leon Beaumon
Student (uncredited)

Ethel Broadhurst
Woman (uncredited)
Roy Brooks
Tall Student (uncredited)

Rosalind Byrne
Girl Caught in Suspenders at Dance (uncredited)

Charles Farrell
Student Bell Ringer at Frolic (uncredited)

Wally Howe
Gardener (uncredited)

Gus Leonard
Waiter Who Takes Harold's Pants (uncredited)
King Lockwood
Student (uncredited)
George Marion
Train Passenger (uncredited)