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Auction History Result 8m0964 SPEEDY hardcover book 1928 Russell Holman's novel with scenes from the Harold Lloyd movie! Date Sold 5/2/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" [13 x 20 cm]; 274 pages) (Learn More) Speedy, the 1928 Ted Wilde (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) silent romantic comedy (about a New Yorker who is unemployed, and his girlfriend's grandfather owns the last horse-drawn trolley in New York City, and some crooks are trying to get his contract, and if he doesn't complete his route once every 24 hours, he will lose his contract, and naturally, Lloyd takes over and has to get the trolley all over New York City in the nick of time, to save his girl's grandfather's business) starring Harold Lloyd (in the title role as Harold 'Speedy' Swift), Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict, and Babe Ruth (as himself!). Note that the movie was shot on location in Manhattan, included scenes at Luna Park in Coney Island, Columbus Circle, Wall Street, and ends with a crash at the Brooklyn Bridge. Also note that there is a brief scene where Lloyd drives a taxi and his passenger is none other than the real Babe Ruth, who plays himself in the movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the first Grosset & Dunlap photoplay edition from 1928 (one of a collection of such books we are auctioning in this set of auctions). Here are some more details about these books: Grosset & Dunlap was a publisher that made a deal with all the studios in the 1910s to publish "movie edition" hardcovers of novels that were currently adapted into movies (there were also some by other publishers, but Grosset & Dunlap printed the lion's share of these). They would re-publish the original novel as the movie came out (or soon after), and they would put a dust jacket on the book that showed the stars of the movie, and they would include several pages of images from the movie scattered in the book. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. The example of this book offered here does not have its dust jacket. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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