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

The movie was written by John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan and Ted Wilde. It was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor.

In the film, Lloyd plays Harold 'Speedy' Lamb, a bright-eyed but hopelessly naive young man who goes to college to fulfill his dream of being popular. He wins the friendship of Peggy, a girl who works in his boarding house, but after a series of misfortunes becomes the laughingstock of the school. However, Harold finally gets into the big football game when his coach runs out of players, and he makes the most of it, scoring the winning touchdown, earning popularity and respect from his fellow students, and winning Peggy's love.

The Freshman was Lloyd's most successful silent film of the 1920's, and was hugely popular at the time of its release. It sparked a craze for college films that lasted well beyond the 1920's, but none of these surpassed its high standard. Exteriors were filmed near the USC Campus in Los Angeles. The game sequence was shot on the field at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd scenes were shot at halftime during a UC Berkeley and Stanford University game in November 1924. The football game sequence was reused by Lloyd and director Preston Sturges in Lloyd's last film, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947). The Freshman is still a great audience pleaser at modern screenings, and is widely considered one of LLoyd's most hilarious, well-constructed films.

The 1925 film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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