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Originally Posted by Justin101  Speedy (1928)
I love discovering movies for the first time and finding that there are more just like them waiting to be watched. Enter Harold Lloyd, last time (Safety Last) we saw Harold as a luckless shop clerk who needed money to finally marry his fiance.
This time around he's a happy-go-lucky guy who can't keep a job down because he's too interested in baseball to concentrate. We follow him on a series of hi-jinx including a spectacular trip the funfair at the famous Coney Island.
However, the main point of the plot is the grandpa of Harold's beau happens to own and run the last horse drawn street car in New York and some heavies want him to sell up so they can put motorised streetcars in. As you can probably imagine things get out of hand quickly and one point a full on brawl between a group of old men and young gang members breaks out!
Great fun and laugh out loud funny. I need to find my next fix now, but I feel I have been spoiled by the quality of the 2 Criterion releases. |
Growing up in the 80's, this used to be essential viewing
Friday afternoon, BBC2, 5:30 - 6:00pm