Speedy @ Pollokshaws Burgh Hall

Come along to Pollokshaws Burgh Hall on Saturday 22nd February and join Glasgow Film Festival for an immersive 1920s cinema experience. Speedy will feature a live accompaniment on Pollokshaws Burgh Hall’s majestic Wurlitzer pipe organ (installed in 2008 by the Scottish Cinema Organ Trust), adding a touch of period charm and authenticity to the screening.

Harold Lloyd's final silent film is also one of his finest. The Oscar-nominated Speedy, directed by Ted Wilde, is a warm-hearted comic caper with the King of Daredevil Comedy in his element as the baseball loving soda-jerk who fights greedy, ruthless businessmen to save the last horse-drawn tram in New York. Racing against the clock, Lloyd triumphs against impossible odds, enjoys some achingly romantic moments with his girl and even manages to get the legendary Babe Ruth to his baseball game on time. A joyous, nostalgic delight filmed on the streets of New York and amidst the fairground attractions of Coney Island. Fun for all the family! 

The film was one of only two that was nominated for the short-lived Academy Award for Best Director of a Comedy Picture at the very first ceremony in 1928, losing out to Lewis Milestone’s Two Arabian Knights. By the time of the next ceremony in 1929, the award had been merged with that for dramatic direction to become the award for Best Director.

Speedy 

Saturday 22nd February, 15.00
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow
Tickets £8.50/£6.50, available from GFT Box Office