Speedy (film)
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| Speedy | |
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| Directed by | Ted Wilde |
| Produced by | Harold Lloyd |
| Written by | Albert DeMond (titles) |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd Ann Christy Bert Woodruff Babe Ruth |
| Music by | Carl Davis (recent) Don Hulette (1974) Don Peake (1974 additional music) |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Editing by | Carl Himm |
| Running time | 86 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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Speedy is a 1928 silent film that was one of the films to be nominated for the short-lived Academy Award for Best Director of a Comedy. It starred famous comedian Harold Lloyd in the eponymous leading role, and it was his last silent film to be released in theatres. The film was written by Albert DeMond (titles), John Grey (story), J.A. Howe (story), Lex Neal (story), and Howard Emmett Rogers (story) with uncredited assistance from Al Boasberg and Paul Girard Smith. It was directed by Ted Wilde (the last silent film to be directed by him). It was shot on location in New York City.
The plot revolves around Harold 'Speedy' Swift's attempts to save the last horse-drawn trolley bus in New York. The film contrasts the speed of life of the contemporary city with the pace of yesteryear, represented by this non-motorised transport.
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 An original US poster |
 German poster |
[edit] Trivia and Goofs
- "Speedy" was Harold Lloyd's real-life nickname.
- The streetcar crash was not planned.
- Lloyd can be clearly seen giving the finger during the Coney Island sequence. (His granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd, notes this on the DVD commentary track).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Speedy at the Internet Movie Database
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| Silent | A Sailor-Made Man (1921) • Grandma's Boy (1922) • Doctor Jack (1922) • Safety Last! (1923) • Why Worry? (1923) • Girl Shy (1924) • Hot Water (1924) • The Freshman (1925) • For Heaven's Sake (1926) • The Kid Brother (1927) • Speedy (1928) • Welcome Danger (1929, released 2005) |
| Sound | Welcome Danger (1929) • Feet First (1930) • Movie Crazy (1932) • The Cat's-Paw (1934) • The Milky Way (1936) • Professor Beware (1938) • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) |
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