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Grandma’s Boy
(1922)

2005 New Line Home Entertainment DVD edition

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 2 (1919-1930), black & white, 466 minutes total, not rated,
including Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated.

New Line Home Entertainment, N8447, UPC 7-94043-84472-0, ISBN 0-7806-5290-8.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc and one dual-sided, dual-layered (side A)/single-layred (side B) DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, English and Spanish language subtitles, closed captions, 8 chapter stops, two-disc standard DVD keepcase, $29.95.
DVD release date: 15 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This two-disc collection is mastered from 35mm restoration prints overseen by The Harold Lloyd Trust, which should represent the best-surviving prints of these seven Harold Lloyd shorts and feature films.

We fully expect that this collection will be the best-available editions of these wonderful films, and recommend it sight unseen.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2004 Kino on Video DVD edition

The Harold Lloyd Collection (1918-1922), black & white, 207 minutes total, not rated,
including Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K367, UPC 0-38329-03672-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $39.95 (reduced to $29.95).
DVD release date: 3 August 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This edition of Harold Lloyd films was produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.

The films are accompanied by music scores by Neil Brand.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2007 Passport Video DVD edition

Smiles and Spectacles: A Harold Lloyd Treasury (1917-1947), black & white, 600 minutes total, not rated,
including Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated.

Passport Video, DVD-5160, UPC 0-25493-51609-8.
Full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, single-layered DVD discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops, five-disc DVD keepcase, $19.98.
DVD release date: 13 February 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This budget edition has been mastered from 16mm print materials.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2004 Unknown Video DVD edition

Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated.

Unknown Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $18.95 (raised to $19.95).
DVD release date: 22 November 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This public-domain edition of Grandma’s Boy has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is presented with an electric organ musical accompaniment performed by Bob Vaughn.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD-R of this edition from Amazon.com.

200? Reel Classic DVD edition

Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with I Do (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Reel Classic DVD, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $20.00.
DVD release date: 200?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.

Both films are accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Ben Model.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from REEL CLASSIC DVD.

2004 unknown company DVD edition

Grandma’s Boy (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Unknown home video company, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered? DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono? sound, English intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, unknown list price.
DVD release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA?

This unknown edition of Harold Lloy d’s first feature comedy showed up for sale on eBay. The legitimacy of this edition is unknown, and its quality is suspect. But it is currently the only known NTSC DVD edition of the film, and that will create some demand among collectors.

Other silent era HAROLD LLOYD films available on home video.

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