“SPEEDY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 537, 14 December 1928, Page 14

“SPEEDY”

HAROLD LLOYD AGAIN Harold Lloyd's newest comedy, “Speedy,” will bring to the screen the horse-drawn street car. which was a familiar figure on the streets of any city a few decades ago. As far as it is known. this marks the first time that any film company has used the now out-of-date vehicle in a picture, which only j serves to stamp j Harold Lloyd as i one of the most original producers in motion pictures to-day. It was during the. filming of “The Kid Brother” that the idea of incorporating the street car of the type that was drawn by horse occurred to the comedian. When that picture was completed a search was made in quest of one of these cars, but to no avail. Lloyd then dispatched a man to New York City, where, after delving around for a time, he was finally successful in discovering one which had escaped the bonfire. Little Ann Cristy has the leading feminine role in the film, which is to be released shortly in Auckland. “SHARPSHOOTERS” AT ROYAL George O’Brien and Lois .Moran are the stars of “Sharpshooters,” now at the Royal Theatre. Kingsland. The narrative involves a colourful plot which starts in Morocco 0.. the blue Mediterranean Sea-, where a little nautcli girl meets an American sailor. The story then swiftly unfolds with romance, pathos and comedy reaching across the sea to New York City. The smashing climax of the story comes when George and a number of naval men fight with an east-side bootlegger and gangster. This fight scene is one of the most gripping of its kind ever filmed. “R#d Heels,” starring Lili Damita. with a background of Parisian cafes, is the second feature.