The Freshman (1925 film)

The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict and James Anderson. It remains one of Lloyds most successful and enduring films.

Harold Lamb Harold Lloyd, a brighteyed but nave young man, enrolls at Tate University. On the train there, he meets Peggy Jobyna Ralston. They are attracted to each other.Harold decides the best way to ensure his popularity at school is to emulate his movie idol, The College Hero, down to mimicking a little jig he does before greeting anyone, and taking his nickname, Speedy. However, the College Cad Brooks Benedict quickly makes him the butt of an ongoing joke, of which the freshman remains blissfully unaware. Harold thinks he is popular, when in fact he is the laughing stock of the whole school. His only real friend is Peggy, who turns out to be his landladys daughter, described in one of the films title cards as what your mother was like when she was young. ........

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