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Harold Lloyd (center).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Speedy
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / [?] 7690 or 7776? feet
Directed by Ted Wilde
Cast: Harold Lloyd [Harold ‘Speedy’ Swift], Ann Christy [Jane Dillon], Bert Woodruff [Pop Dillon], George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth [himself], Byron Douglas [W.S. Wilton], Brooks Benedict [Steven Carter]; Dan Wollheim, Hank Knight, Walter Hiers, Herbert Evans, Ernest S. Adams, Gus Leonard, Bobby Dunn, James Dine, Josephine Crowell, James Bradbury Jr., Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin, Lou Gehrig [a passer-by on the street], King Tut the dog
The Harold Lloyd Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harold Lloyd. Scenario by John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Emmett Rogers and Jay Howe, from a screen story by John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Emmett Rogers and Jay Howe. Production management by John L. Murphy. Art direction by L.K. Vedder. Technical direction by William MacDonald. Assistant director, Gaylord Lloyd. Photography (cinematography) by Walter Lundin. Special photography (cinematography) by H. Kohler [?] (Henry Kohler)? Film editor, Carl Himm. Titles (intertitles written) by Albert De Mond. / © 7 April 1928 by The Harold Lloyd Corporation [LP25135]. Released 7 April 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Lloyd’s last silent film. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Sports: Baseball - Transportation: Taxicabs, Trolleys (Horse-drawn) - USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 11 February 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 292; Dardis-Keaton p. 165; Edelman-Baseball pp. 32, 200, 201-202, 205; Fell-History p. 95; Kerr-Silent pp. 59, 192, 196, 200; Reilly-Lloyd pp. xii, xiv-xv, 4; Schelly-Langdon pp. 129-130; Shipman-Cinema p. 100; Skretvedt-Magic p. 434; Sweeney-Coming p. 131 : Website-AFI; Website-Lloyd.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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