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Harold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.Harold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.Harold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Ernie Adams
- Coney Island Baseball Concessionaire
- (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
- Chauffeur
- (uncredited)
Edna Mae Cooper
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Josephine Crowell
- Lady in Car
- (uncredited)
Andy De Villa
- Traffic Cop
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
- Tough
- (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn
- Tough
- (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
- Restaurant Manager
- (uncredited)
Lou Gehrig
- Lou Gehrig
- (uncredited)
Dick Gilbert
- Tough Guy
- (uncredited)
Tommy Hicks
- Fat Kid on Subway
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- John Grey(uncredited)
- Lex Neal(uncredited)
- Howard Emmett Rogers(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaDuring the Coney Island magic mirror scene, Harold Lloyd gives the middle finger to his reflection in the mirror. This obscene gesture was permitted by censors in motion pictures prior to the enforcement of the draconian Hays Code in 1934 and can be seen in a number of other contemporary films such as Alfred Hitchcock's The Ring (1927), by Dick Dix in The Lost Squadron (1932), and by Bette Davis (to Douglas Fairbanks Jr) in Parachute Jumper (1933).
- GoofsIn several early scenes the box score to the Yankee game is shown to keep fans and customers up to date. The Yankees were said to be playing a home game. Therefore, the Yankees should be shown on the bottom of the box score, not on top, as shown in the film.
- Alternate versionsIn 1992, The Harold Lloyd Trust and Photoplay Productions presented a 85-minute version of this film in association with Thames Television International and Channel Four, with a musical score written by Carl Davis. The addition of modern credits stretched the time to 86 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Calendar: Episode dated 16 April 1962 (1962)
- SoundtracksSpeedy Boy
Written by Jesse Greer and Raymond Klages
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A Very Charming Film
SPEEDY might not be as tight as his other masterpieces- it's a bit episodic, yet those scenes on Coney Island are lovely all the same, and the way they set up a little home inside the truck is poetic. This is the last silent of Lloyd, and it reflects the helplessness towards progression and the nostalgia of the good old past, which is the essence of what makes this film so wonderfully rich and graceful. That attempt of saving the last horse-drawn tram as goal(instead of personal achievement), and especially the help from the civil war veterans and on-lookers(instead of himself as an all-able hero) is atypical of Lloyd, but makes this film warmer, special, and very lovely.
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- gelatoflo
- Oct 18, 2000
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
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