Ann Christy, Babe Ruth, Bert Woodruff, Byron Douglas, Harold Lloyd

Harold Speedy Swift is an upbeat young man whose fatal attraction for baseball always causes him to lose his jobs. But when speedy discovers that his girlfriend's father is being muscled out of his tr...( read more  read more... )olley route by railway magnates, he decides to take over the route to protect the old man. The trolley must make its rounds at least once every 24 hours, so the magnates hire thugs to stop him. Eventually the magnates manage to steal the trolley and Speedy must dash to find the trolley and get it back to its route before the 24 hours are up. He makes it just in time and then forces the magnates to buy the route for a cool 100,000 dollars.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Ted Wilde

Release Date: April 7, 1928

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  • May 22, 2007
    Lloyds films were known for being technologically advanced, and simply hilarious. Here, Lloyd's New York setting allows him to practice his perfect comedic slapstick timing in the guise of his "Glasses Character", as well as meet up with Babe Ruth along the way.

    The wonderful sh...( read more)ots of Coney Island in its heyday are astounding. (The Coney Island shots had to be filmed with hidden cameras, a very big technical problem for the time, in order to keep all the people from realizing Harold Lloyd was filming a movie. The crew couldn't get the Amusement Park to close, so the entire sequence was filmed trying to avoid Lloyd getting mobbed by fans.)
  • November 15, 2009
    a truly great silent comedy.....harold llyod is a genius his comic timing....also itz was nice seeing nyc in 28' changed a bit lol....but as film terrific!!!!!
  • August 5, 2009
    A great flick with Babe Ruth no less! However, after the Ruth scene the rest of the ending kind of lost it for me.
  • June 14, 2009
    A brilliant silent film, Harold Lloyd is magnificent. Very enjoyable and entertaining. Funny, touching and a fantastically paced movie. Good writing and direction.
  • January 2, 2009
    probably one of the best silent films i have ever seen
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.

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