The Speed Girl

The Speed Girl
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Directed by	Maurice Campbell
Written by	Elmer Harris (story) Douglas Z. Doty (scenarios)
Produced by	Realart Pictures
Starring	Bebe Daniels
Cinematography	H. Kinley Martin
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 1921 (1921-11)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Speed Girl is a lost^[1] 1921 American silent comedy film produced by Realart Pictures and released 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.^[2][3]

The film was supposedly expanded into a screenplay from Bebe Daniels's real life jail sentence of 10 days for speeding.^[4]

As described in a film magazine,^[5] 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 (Courtright), who had sentenced her, brings a bouquet and apologizes. Betty befriends a fellow prisoner and is instrumental in helping her, too.

• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Speed Girl.

• The Speed Girl at IMDb
• Lantern slide for The Speed Girl
• Lobby card at listal.com
• "The Speed Girl Reviews". TV Guide.

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