Silent Film Series: Speedy (1928)

Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterAlthough he did not realize it at the time, today's comedy would be Harold Lloyd's last silent film, which was shot on location in New York City.  He plays Harold "Speedy" Swift, who is baseball-crazy and can't hold a job, but finds the time to take his girl, played by Ann Christy, to Coney Island, drive the legendary Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, and save the city's last horse-drawn trolley in a climactic chase, and film, that is the