The Speed Girl is a lostThe Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Speed Girl Library of Congress Retrieved November 18, 2022. 1921 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Realart Pictures through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Maurice Campbell, a Broadway director and producer, and starred Bebe Daniels, then a popular 20-year-old veteran film actress.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971Progressive Silent Film List: The Speed Girl at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
The film was supposedly expanded into a screenplay from Bebe Daniels's real life jail sentence of 10 days for speeding.
Plot As described in a film magazine, screen star Betty Lee is in love with naval officer Tom Manley. Tom is due back on his ship at a certain hour and Betty, not realizing the importance of this, sets his watch back. When she is told that he will be court-martialed if he is not on deck on time, Betty endeavors to get him back in town. She is arrested for speeding and put in a jail cell. Hundreds of fans visit, and Judge Ketcham, who had sentenced her, brings a bouquet and apologizes. Betty befriends a fellow prisoner and is instrumental in helping her, too.
Cast Bebe Daniels as Betty Lee Theodore von Eltz as Tom Manley Frank Elliott as Carl D'Arcy Walter Hiers as Soapy Taylor Norris Johnson as Hilda Truly Shattuck as Mrs. Lee William Courtright as Judge Ketcham Barbara Maier as Little Girl
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Lantern slide for The Speed Girl Lobby card at listal.com