Silent Movie Mirror: Harold Lloyd in SPEEDY (1928) with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura
HAROLD LLOYD in SPEEDY (1928) 86 minutes
Lloyd's last comedy to be released in the silent era was shot on location and is a valentine to New York City. He plays Harold "Speedy" Swift, who is baseball-crazy and can't seem to hold a job, but he does find the time to take his girlfriend to Coney Island, drive legendary baseball player Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, and save the city's last horse-drawn trolley in a climactic chase, and film, that is the culmination of his silent movie career.
Directed by Ted Wilde
Doors at 5:30PM and screening at 6PM.
*Please note that children under the age of six will not be admitted to the screening.
Returning after a long hiatus, the silent film series curated and hosted by Ken Gordon celebrates its 18th year. The series has a new name, Silent Film Mirror, and this season's themes are SWAN SONGS and the SILENT RITES OF SPRING & SLAPSTICK. All 3 of the features celebrate spring by taking us to Coney Island, Yankee Stadium and the Circus, and all are Slapstick-based. Additionally, each feature is preceded by a short comedy that explores slapstick tropes like chases and pie-throwing. The features are also Swan Songs of sorts, the last great silent films by Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin to be released in the silent era, which is said to have ended by about 1929.
HAROLD LLOYD in SPEEDY (1928) 86 minutes
Lloyd's last comedy to be released in the silent era was shot on location and is a valentine to New York City. He plays Harold "Speedy" Swift, who is baseball-crazy and can't seem to hold a job, but he does find the time to take his girlfriend to Coney Island, drive legendary baseball player Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, and save the city's last horse-drawn trolley in a climactic chase, and film, that is the culmination of his silent movie career.
Directed by Ted Wilde
Doors at 5:30PM and screening at 6PM.
*Please note that children under the age of six will not be admitted to the screening.
Returning after a long hiatus, the silent film series curated and hosted by Ken Gordon celebrates its 18th year. The series has a new name, Silent Film Mirror, and this season's themes are SWAN SONGS and the SILENT RITES OF SPRING & SLAPSTICK. All 3 of the features celebrate spring by taking us to Coney Island, Yankee Stadium and the Circus, and all are Slapstick-based. Additionally, each feature is preceded by a short comedy that explores slapstick tropes like chases and pie-throwing. The features are also Swan Songs of sorts, the last great silent films by Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin to be released in the silent era, which is said to have ended by about 1929.
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