Speedy (1928)

Coney Island rides in the 1920s were more horrifying than anything dreamed up in the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series. I also dug this movie because there is a ten minute gag about a crab falling into Harold Lloyd's pocket and then it pinching unsuspecting…

Rob Patrick

Things I learned from the Criterion edition of Speedy: 1. Harold Lloyd didn't do as many stunts in this film as in Safety Last or The Freshman, but he was well-off and famous by the time he made Speedy so he didn't really need to risk his life anymore. It was a well kept…

Chris

If Gangs of New York had Jim Carrey instead of Daniel Day-Lewis.

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

“When a boy loses his job, buys a new suit and takes a girl to Coney Island, he’s either insane or in love — and there’s not much difference.” I laughed way too hard while watching this film. Harold Lloyd’s Speedy might be comedy gold, and the taxi driver role is the…

san

I don't know why talkies nowadays are so bent on creating comedy out of witty one liners when you could just take the silent route and drive a horse-led trolly into oncoming traffic for an easy laugh 🤷‍♂️

Jonny

Speedy marks the final silent theatrical release for comedy genius Harold Lloyd, who stars as his world-famous ‘glasses character’(which had such a profound cultural influence in Japan that his horn-rimmed glasses became au courant, affectionately termed roydos and…

cuckoochanel

A documentary about New York in the ‘20s that happens to be a Harold Lloyd comedy. What the hell are these rides at Coney Island??? Costarring: Babe Ruth!

Will Sloan

so many moods!! harold lloyd flipping off his reflection in a funhouse mirror!! sticking his tongue out at a police officer!! a crab falls into his pocket and then steals a woman’s underwear!! a random man walks around putting a hot iron on peoples’ asses!! i love it!!

eely

"When a boy loses his job, buys a new suit and takes a girl to Coney Island, he's either insane or in love... and there's not much difference" - Narrator, Is that a crab in your pocket or are you just... The character Speedy is a man obsessed with baseball and his…

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