Criterion Blu-ray review: Harold Lloyd’s Speedy (1928)
With an impressive Blu-ray of Speedy (1928), the Criterion Collection continue their project of proving that Harold Lloyd was the equal of Chaplin and Keaton in the art of silent […]
Review: Speedy (1928)
Director: Ted Wilde
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Byron Douglas,
Harold Lloyd
Ann Christy
Bert Woodruff
Babe Ruth
Byron Douglas
Plot: Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.
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