| Speedy (Harold Lloyd Comedy Classics) |  | Director: Ted Wilde
Actors: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Bryon Douglas
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 47554
Format: Black & White, Ntsc
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 86
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 630293706X
UPC: 026359085932
EAN: 9786302937060
ASIN: 630293706X
Theatrical Release Date: April 7, 1928
Release Date: October 13, 1993
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Condition: VHS; Item condition: GOOD / outer case condition : GOOD. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. In plastic hardshell case. Tested/plays great. ; Publisher: Hbo Home Video 1993; NTSC;
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 Watch those civil war veterans run December 16, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The plot to Speedy involves the love struck baseball obsessed Boy (I don't think his name gets mentioned). His girlfriend's father owns a horse drawn streetcar business, which is quickly being replaced by mechanized streetcars. A semi-criminal gang with a rival streetcar service want the city-license for the street car line. They try to buy it but the Boy convinces the father to hold out for more money. (The streetcar is his only steady income, so selling it is equivalent to cashing in his pension.) In order to keep his license the girl's father must run the streetcar service daily. So in order to get the license the gang is trying to disrupt streetcar service long enough for it to lapse. This give plenty of opportunity for physical comedy as Lloyd chases streetcars and horses and cars through New York.
I remember this movie in terms of shorter chunks rather than as a whole. Before trouble strikes the Boy and Girl go on a date in Coney Island. For me seeing the scenery was almost as interesting as the comedy. I was trying to figure out what the old fashioned carnival rides were doing. There is also a clever dog star in this film. It tails the couple through the amusement park and follows them home, alternately causing comedic trouble and saving the day Lassie style. The highlight of the film is a battle between civil war veterans and street thugs. It sounds rough, but this is a comedy and we don't see anyone beaten to a bloody pulp. Mostly lots of old men attack in mass and the dog helps them out by biting younger thugs bottoms.
This is a fun movie. If you are a fan of Harold Lloyd then you will probably like it. I was surprised to see it out of print. It comes on TCM about 4 time a year, so your best option is to tape it off there and hope for a DVD.
The Best In Silent Comedy, Why No DVD??? March 8, 2004
I have been on quite a silent movie kick for the last year, and must say that I was so happy to finally stumble upon Harold Lloyd. I was not at all impressed with Buster Keaton and certainly not with Charlie Chaplin; they just aren't funny at all. Chaplin, in particular, does the same tired old gags over and over, making me wonder how he ever became so famous.This film won't have your side hurting from laughter, but its much less tiring or corny than Chaplin. And the scenes of roaring 20s New York City are marvelous! From the opening shot of the Manhattan skyline from near the Brooklyn Bridge, to the scenes in the Bronx of Yankee Stadium, to the extensive look at Cony Island, and with steady peeks into everyday life in the city some 80 years ago, these images are truly priceless. Add to that Lloyd's frantic brand of humor and a special appearance by none other than Babe Ruth himself, and it makes you wonder why this movie isn't better known and accepted as a great American classic. The VHS image is quite sharp for a film of this age, and the music is audible and seems appropriate to the era. I would much prefer to buy this on DVD, however...
Good! I own this film ever since I taped it from TCM!! January 20, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Harold LLoyd's very last silent film is known to be a Hollywood Great. But, the film is out of print [I don't know why] and extremely hard to find and purchase. Just recently, I taped this film on television when it came on one Sunday night. I taped it along with the other silent film ''Regeneration'' which was made in 1915. This film is a great comedy featuring Harold LLoyd as a young man who is about to save the very last trolley in New York City. One of the best scenes in the film is at the amusement park in New York, where an enormous crab gets accidentally picked up in Speedy's pocket, and I won't ruin the rest for you!! See it, and try to catch it on Ch. 70, which is Turner Classic Movies..
Harold Lloyd's last silent film is another winner. August 18, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In this film, Harold is an avid baseball fan who becomes a taxi driver and picks up Babe Ruth (as himself) as a passenger. Harold and his girlfriend help her grandfather save his horsedrawn trolley car, the last in New York City. The scenes of Harold and his girl in the Coney Island of 1928 are a treat, and as always in a Lloyd movie, there are scenes in which the viewer finds that what's actually happening isn't at all what it seemed at first! A great comedy--Lloyd is always fun to watch.
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