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07 Mar, 2007
Welcome addition to available silent movie titles
6 of 7 found this helpful As a fan of silent comedies, I applaud the addition of the The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection to the list of movies available of DVD. It includes all of Lloyd's works during the 1920's, when feature films began to dominate the medium, and silent comedy reached its zenith of popularity. Also included are a few of the shorts he made from the late teens and early twenties, in all of which Lloyd appears as the "glass character," wearing his iconic lenseless glasses. Regrettably, none of the earlier films--the Lonesome Luke films--appear in this collection.
The set incorporates several nice features. The optional commentaries by Leonard Maltin and others make several of the films more enjoyable by providing interesting background information. The bonus disc is filled with extra material such as a timeline, photo galleries, and numerous video anecdotes by critics, film historians, and directors. The musical scores are all new compositions and arrangements. In particular, I like the work arrangements by
Robert Israel, who proved his ability to write background accompaniment for silent comedy in the Kino Video edition of Buster Keaton's work covering the very same period. The atmosphere of the music enhances the moods of the films and seems appropriate to the era in which the films were made.
I had already been a keen Buster Keaton fan before I ever heard of Harold Lloyd. I considered Keaton's work to be funnier and more artistic than the work of any of the other comedians of the 1920's (my apologies to Chaplin fans). After watching most of the films in the Harold Lloyd collection, I am beginning to doubt this assessment. Although Lloyd may mot be, in my opinion, funnier and more enjoyable to watch than Keaton, I put them in the same league.
23 Aug, 2016
Nice literary and history references.
I like the small portions of instruction followed by exercises. There are enough problems here that you could choose to have the student do every other problem unless he needs more practice. The "In Summary" parts are also helpful. In the back of the book you will find chapter reviews. If you see that more practice is needed at that time, it is easy to see which part of the book to work on. Diagram answers are available in the back as well as suggested teaching schedules for one semester or two.
12 Jun, 2018
Highly recommend this well-written book!
1 of 1 found this helpful The author has done a great job of summarizing important people and events in World History. The significance of battles or other events is covered well, rather than just saying won a battle. The feature boxes give more interesting information about a topic or person covered in the main text. This text keeps the reader's interest because of the great writing style. It is evident that this is a subject that the author enjoys and understands history and he wants to share that excitement with his reader. The color maps help you to see where different things take place that are in the reading. Timelines are shown at the beginning of each unit to help you to better place the events. Color pictures are abundant throughout the book which makes for quite a beautiful text.