Rent Speedy (1928)

Synopsis:

"Speedy" was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd - and one of his very best. The slapstick legend reprises his "Glasses Character', this time as a good-natured but scatterbrained New Yorker who can't keep a job. He finally finds his true calling when he becomes determined to help save the city's last horse-drawn streetcar, which is operated by his sweetheart's crusty grandfather. From its joyous visit to Coney Island to its incredible Babe Ruth cameo to its hair-raising climactic stunts on the city's streets, Speedy is an out-of-control love letter to New York that will have you grinning from ear to ear.

Actors:

Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict, Babe Ruth, Ernie Adams, James Bradbury Jr., Edna Mae Cooper, Josephine Crowell, Andy De Villa, James Dime, King Tut the Dog, Bryon Douglas, Bobby Dunn, Herbert Evans, Lou Gehrig, Dick Gilbert, Walter Hiers, Jack Hill, Wallace Howe

Directors:

Ted Wilde

Producers:

Kevin Brownlow, David Gill, Jeffrey Vance, Harold Lloyd

Writers:

John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Emmett Rogers, Albert DeMond, Paul Girard Smith, Al Boasberg, J.A. Howe

Year:

1928

Genres:

Classic Comedies, Silent Films, Action Comedy, Slapstick

DVD details

BBFC:

Classification is to be confirmed by the British Board of Film Classification

Release Date:

Not released

Blu-ray details

BBFC:

Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over

Release Date:

18/04/2016

Run Time:

86 minutes

Aspect Ratio:

Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3

Format:

Pal

Colour:

B & W

Languages:

English, Silent

Subtitles:

None

Special features:

• Musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1992, synchronized and restored under his supervision and presented in uncompressed stereo
• New audio commentary featuring Bruce Goldstein, director of repertory programming at New York's Film Forum, and Turner Classic Movies director of program production Scott McGee
• In the Footsteps of "Speedy," a new short documentary by Goldstein about the film's New York shoot
• Selection of rare archival footage of baseball legend Babe Ruth, who has a cameo in the film, presented by David Filipi, director of film and video at the Wexner Center for the Arts
• New video essay featuring stills of deleted scenes from the film and narrated by Goldstein
• Selection of actor Harold Lloyd's home movies, narrated by his granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd Bumping into Broadway, a 1919 Lloyd two-reeler, newly restored and with a 2004 score by Robert Israel
• An essay by critic Phillip Lopate