Comedy

Speedy

- You've Waited a Year for This But WOW! What a Hit!

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.

Release Date : 1928-04-07

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Harold 'Speedy' Swift

Original Name : Harold Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane Dillon

Original Name : Ann Christy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pop Dillon

Original Name : Bert Woodruff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Babe Ruth

Original Name : Babe Ruth

Gender : Male

Character Name : W.S. Wilton

Original Name : Byron Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Carter

Original Name : Brooks Benedict

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernie Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chauffeur (uncredited)

Original Name : James Bradbury Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Edna Mae Cooper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady in Car (uncredited)

Original Name : Josephine Crowell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Original Name : Andy De Villa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough (uncredited)

Original Name : James Dime

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

Original Name : Herbert Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lou Gehrig (uncredited)

Original Name : Lou Gehrig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough Guy (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Gilbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soda Fountain Cook (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Hiers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lung Machine Concessionaire (uncredited)

Original Name : Wally Howe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Civil War Veteran (uncredited)

Original Name : Hank Knight

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Clarence Kruger

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Yolanda Kruger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Civil War Veteran (uncredited)

Original Name : Gus Leonard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fat Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Marvin Loback

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Lufkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gangster (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : La Rue Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tough (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Verlyn Sumner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dan Abrith (uncredited)

Original Name : Dan Wolheim

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-03-05

“Harold” (Harold Lloyd) is a bit of a wastrel. He can’t hold down a job and really only cares about watching the New York Yankees play baseball and his girlfriend “Jane” (Ann Christy). After a particularly enjoyable trip to the seaside, he decides to pop the question but she’s reluctant until her granddad “Pop” (Bert Woodruff) is sorted. He runs the final horse-drawn tram in the city and despite the encroaching railroad, he has no intention of hanging up his reins. Things really start to heat up when the railway boss decides that what he cannot buy he can get by coercive means, and so now the pair have to rally round the old gent and see that he keeps his service running reliably enough before city hall shuts him down. It’s presented in a lively and entertaining fashion along episodic lines that introduce us to “Speedy” and his gal and her gutsy old pop in stages, culminating in a fun race against time, and some baddies, through the bustling streets. Babe Ruth makes quite an important contribution not just for us, but for his super fan with a bit of ding-dong dialogue and there’s plenty of slapstick antics with planks, wheels, wooden legs and horses to ensure a smile is never far away. The filming looks like it was shot on location rather than on a sound stage, and that photography and the ambient sounds of the city add quite a bit of richness to the whole quickly paced ensemble effort. I was never Lloyd’s biggest fan, but this is a fun compendium of stories that finishes up well and I did quite enjoy it.