Speedy (1928)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Ted Wilde

Escritores:

Albert DeMond (titles)
John Grey (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 abril 1928 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Comedia | Familia

Frase comercial:

LLOYD'S LATEST (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

"Speedy" loses his job as a soda-jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes...

Plot Keywords:

Soda Jerk | Grandfather | Railroad | Trolley | Yankee Stadium

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Essential for Lloyd fans; New York in the 20s the icing on top

Reparto

Harold Lloyd	...	Harold "Speedy" Swift
Ann Christy	...	Jane Dillon
Bert Woodruff	...	Pop Dillon, Her Grand-daddy
Babe Ruth	...	Himself
Bryon Douglas	...	W.S. Wilton
Brooks Benedict	...	Steve Carter

También conocida como:

Relámpago (Spain) [es]

Duración:

86 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Silent

Clasificación:

Australia:G

Locaciones de Filmación:

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

The Harold Lloyd Corporation

Trivialidades:

"Speedy" is Harold Lloyd's real-life nickname, given to him by his father.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: In the scene at Coney Island where Speedy thinks the shadows from a spotted umbrella are marks on his suit, the umbrella spots don't line up with the spots on the suit, which are obviously from a filter above and to the left of Harold Lloyd. And when he pushes the umbrella out of the light, the motion of the spots again doesn't match.

Citas:

Harold "Speedy" Swift: It smells like rain.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Funny Side of Life (1963)

Banda de Sonido:

Speedy Boy

Essential for Lloyd fans; New York in the 20s the icing on top

A delightful Harold Lloyd piece in which, in a nice change of pace, his character is a self-assured, confident young man living in New York during the roaring twenties, who loves baseball as much as he loves his girlfriend. Trouble is afoot however, when business tycoons try to buyout his father-in-law's lone horse and buggy track for their development. Things turn unlawful when goons are hired to try and thwart the buggy's run, which must be made at least once every 24 hours, or Pop can lose his license.

Everything plays out in the traditional Lloyd way, with wonderful gags and set pieces, but the biggest treat of all is the roughly twenty minute escape Lloyd takes with his girl to Coney Island. Wonderfully shot, it is truly a pleasure to see Coney Island in it's hey day. As well, Babe Ruth does a nice turn playing himself.

A must see.