Product Details

• Actors: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Bryon Douglas
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: October 13, 1993
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630293706X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,304 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good! I own this film ever since I taped it from TCM!!, January 19, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Speedy (Harold Lloyd Comedy Classics) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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..

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Watch those civil war veterans run, December 15, 2004

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Gagewyn (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speedy (Harold Lloyd Comedy Classics) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harold Lloyd's last silent film is another winner., August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Speedy (Harold Lloyd Comedy Classics) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.