7.3
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.
Harold Lloyd
Harold 'Speedy' Swift
Ann Christy
Jane Dillon
Bert Woodruff
Pop Dillon
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
Byron Douglas
W.S. Wilton
Brooks Benedict
Steve Carter
Ernie Adams
Baseball Concessionaire (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Edna Mae Cooper
(uncredited)
Josephine Crowell
Lady in Car (uncredited)
Andy De Villa
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
James Dime
Tough (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn
Tough (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig (uncredited)
Dick Gilbert
Tough Guy (uncredited)
Walter Hiers
Soda Fountain Cook (uncredited)
Wally Howe
Lung Machine Concessionaire (uncredited)
Hank Knight
Civil War Veteran (uncredited)
Clarence Kruger
(uncredited)
Yolanda Kruger
(uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Civil War Veteran (uncredited)
Marvin Loback
Fat Man (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Man (uncredited)
Steve Murphy
Gangster (uncredited)
La Rue Parker
(uncredited)
Jack Perry
Tough (uncredited)
Verlyn Sumner
(uncredited)
Dan Wolheim
Dan Abrith (uncredited)
Director
Ted Wilde
Story
John Grey
Story
Lex Neal
March 5, 2025
7
“Harold” (Harold Lloyd) is a bit of a wastrel. He can’t hold down a job and really only cares about watching the New York Yankees play baseball and his girlfriend “Jane” (Ann Christy). After a particularly enjoyable trip to the seaside, he decides to pop the question but she’s reluctant until her granddad “Pop” (Bert Woodruff) is sorted. He runs the final horse-drawn tram in the city and despite the encroaching railroad, he has no intention of hanging up his reins. Things really start to heat up when the railway boss decides that what he cannot buy he can get by coercive means, and so now the pair have to rally round the old gent and see that he keeps his service running reliably enough before city hall shuts him down. It’s presented in a lively and entertaining fashion along episodic lines that introduce us to “Speedy” and his gal and her gutsy old pop in stages, culminating in a fun race against time, and some baddies, through the bustling streets. Babe Ruth makes quite an important contribution not just for us, but for his super fan with a bit of ding-dong dialogue and there’s plenty of slapstick antics with planks, wheels, wooden legs and horses to ensure a smile is never far away. The filming looks like it was shot on location rather than on a sound stage, and that photography and the ambient sounds of the city add quite a bit of richness to the whole quickly paced ensemble effort. I was never Lloyd’s biggest fan, but this is a fun compendium of stories that finishes up well and I did quite enjoy it.
Status:
Released
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