Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World’s Fair at San Francisco & Speedy

The last session of the cycle El resto es silencio by Vértigo.

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World’s Fair at San Francisco

a film by Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand

I was hoping for another great short from Normand’s vast catalogue but no. Starring both co-directors, this docu-comedy short is pretty much disposable.

Speedy

a film by Ted Wilde

A feel-good slapstick comedy starring Harold Lloyd as Speedy, Ann Christy as Jane Dillon, Bert Woodruff as Pop Dillon and Babe Ruth as himself.Speedy happened to be the final silent film by Lloyd. I have to add that I’ve enjoyed the Carl Davis’ score for this film much more than that for The Kid Brother.

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