Speedy

Author

Ted Wilde

Call Number

• DVD COMEDY (CEN)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

Silent, with musical accompaniment.

Performers

Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Byron Douglas, Brooks Benedict.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (86 minutes) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This was the last silent feature to star Harold Lloyd. 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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration from elements preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive ; musical score by Carl Davis from 1992, synchronized and restored under his supervision ; new audio commentary featuring Bruce Goldstein, director of repertory programming at New York's Film Forum, and Turner Classics 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 visual 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.