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From Hand
to Mouth
(1919)
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This two-reel comedy, directed by Alf Goulding, stars Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis, with Snub Pollard, Peggy Cartwright, Gus Leonard, Wallace Howe, Charles E. Stevenson and Noah Young.
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 New Line Home Entertainment
2005 DVD edition
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 1 (1919-1936), black & white, color-toned black & white and color-tinted black & white, 420 minutes total, not rated, including From Hand to Mouth (1919), color-tinted black & white, 22 minutes, not rated.
New Line Home Entertainment, N8446,
UPC 7-94043-84462-1, ISBN 0-7806-5289-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 1.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; chapter stops; and one dual-sided, dual-layered (side A)/single-layered (side B) Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 1.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional English and Spanish language subtitles; closed captions; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 15 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This two-disc DVD 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.
The film is presented with a music score arranged and conducted by Robert Israel.
This remains the best-quality edition of From Hand to Mouth available on home video.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
The Harold Lloyd Collection, Volume 2 (1918-1921), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 198 minutes total, not rated, including From Hand to Mouth (1919), color-tinted black & white, 21 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K431, UPC 7-38329-04312-4.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 4 chapter stops; two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 13 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of Harold Lloyd films was produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris.
The films are accompanied by music scores performed on piano by Donald Sosin.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Passport Video
2007 DVD edition
Smiles and Spectacles: A Harold Lloyd Treasury (1917-1947), black & white, 600 minutes total, not rated, including From Hand to Mouth (1919), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.
Passport Video, DVD-5160, UPC 0-25493-51609-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (five DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 4.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); four-page insert booklet; double-wide five-disc DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 13 February 2007.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 5 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a fair to good 16mm reduction print. Dust, speckling, schmutz, and other print flaws are present in the picture. The original intertitles have been replaced by new video-based intertitles. A âSmiles & Spectacles: A Harold Lloyd Treasuryâ digital watermark appears in the lower-right corner of the picture throughout.
The film is presented with a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings of Scott Joplin rags performed on piano.
For information about other films in this collection, see our Smiles and Spectacles: A Harold Lloyd Treasury on home video page.
OK, but not recommended.
This review was updated in 2026.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued and is . . .
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Other silent era HAROLD LLOYD films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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