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7 April 1928 (USA)
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LLOYD'S LATEST (original print ad - all caps) more
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"Speedy" loses his job as a soda-jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Essential for Lloyd fans; New York in the 20s the icing on top
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Harold Lloyd | ... | Harold 'Speedy' Swift |
| Ann Christy | ... | Jane Dillon |
| Bert Woodruff | ... | Pop Dillon - Her Grand-daddy |
| Brooks Benedict | ... | Steve Carter |
| Babe Ruth | ... | George Herman Ruth |
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85 min (22 fps)
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Lou Gehrig can be seen walking by as Babe Ruth gets out of the cab.
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Revealing mistakes: In the scene at Coney Island where Speedy thinks the shadows from a spotted umbrella are marks on his suit, the umbrella spots don't line up with the spots on the suit, which are obviously from a filter above and to the left of Harold Lloyd. And when he pushes the umbrella out of the light, the motion of the spots again doesn't match.
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Harold "Speedy" Swift:
It smells like rain.
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Speedy Boy
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| See NY City as it was in 1928. | lederer-4 |
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A delightful Harold Lloyd piece in which, in a nice change of pace, his character is a self-assured, confident young man living in New York during the roaring twenties, who loves baseball as much as he loves his girlfriend. Trouble is afoot however, when business tycoons try to buyout his father-in-law's lone horse and buggy track for their development. Things turn unlawful when goons are hired to try and thwart the buggy's run, which must be made at least once every 24 hours, or Pop can lose his license.
Everything plays out in the traditional Lloyd way, with wonderful gags and set pieces, but the biggest treat of all is the roughly twenty minute escape Lloyd takes with his girl to Coney Island. Wonderfully shot, it is truly a pleasure to see Coney Island in it's hey day. As well, Babe Ruth does a nice turn playing himself.
A must see.