“SPEEDY” NOW AT GRAND
Harold Lloyd’s comedy “Speedy is now amusing Aucklanders at the Grand Theatre. Harold Lloyd has long been recogni.sed as one of the screen s great
comedians, and his fresh, clever comedy is as amusing to children as to adults. In an age of speed, Speedy, as Harold is known in this picture, finds difficulty in living up to his name. An obsession for baseball and an accompanying suffering of his work bring Speedy into contimial conflict with his employers. He eventually falls in love with a girl whose father owns the last horse-tram in New Tork, and through a series of fortunate circumstances hears of a plan to defraud him of the ownership of his obsolete tram system. After many exciting adventures following this discovery, matters end in happiness and prosperity for Speedy. The second picture is Win j' l;i Girl,” a story of romance and football at a typical' American college.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 15
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156“SPEEDY” NOW AT GRAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 15
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