“SPEEDY” NOW AT GRAND
Harold Lloyd’s latest picture, “Speedy,” is now at the Grand Theatre His business with the now obsolete horse-car brings out a series of laughs and thrills equal to his finest efforts. His story in “Speedy,” is based on fact, dealing as it does with the last of the horse-car lines, which disappeared from the streets of New York, and from every other big citj. just a few short years ago. It is tne story of an old man’s tight to retain his street car franchise in the face oi opposition from the tram and moto bus trust and a band of thugs i n , ter ® in stealing his rights. Lloyd, &ein ß in love with the old man’s grann* daughter, is brought into the ceni. of the fray, and in his usually <japa j manner, saves the day for the old man and wins the girl. k Ann Christy is the girl, and her wor , opposite Lloyd is most effective ' *An enjoyable story of College foo^ 1 ball is “Win That Girl,” which is «* i being screened.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 14
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