Evento inaugurale
Gala Opening

SPEEDY / A ROTTA DI COLLO (Harold Lloyd Corporation, US 1928)

Dir.: Ted Wilde; story, sc.: John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Emmett Rogers, Jay Howe; didascali / titles: Albert De Mond; ph.: Walter Lundin; addestratore cane / dog trainer: Ebenezer Henry; cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold "Speedy" Swift), Ann Christy (Jane Dillon), Bert Woodruff ("Pop" Dillon), Brooks Benedict (Steven Carter), Babe Ruth (se stesso / himself), Byron Douglas (W.S. Wilton), Dan Wolheim (poliziotto in motocicletta / motorcycle cop), Walter Hiers (cuoco / cook), Herbert Evans (esercente / store manager), Ernie S. Adams (custode dello stadio / gate attendant at stadium), Gus Leonard (veterano della guerra civile / Civil War veteran), Josephine Crowell (signora nell’auto / lady in car), James Bradbury, Jr. (chauffeur), Bobby Dunn, James Dime (due malviventi / toughs), Hank Knight, Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin (comparse / bit parts), King Tut (cane / dog); 35mm, 7690ft., 85’ (24 fps). Prima proiezione / Released 7.4.1928, Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Didascalie in inglese / English titles.

Musica composta e diretta da / Music composed and conducted by Carl Davis; esegue / performed by Camerata Labacensis.

Per gentile concessione di / By arrangement with Suzanne Lloyd Hayes, in collaborazione con / in association with Photoplay Productions.

Sul catalogo del festival sarà pubblicato il capitolo dedicato al film nel libro inedito di Kevin Brownlow su Chaplin, Keaton e Llloyd (1989). / The festival catalogue will include a chapter from an unpublished book on Chaplin, Keaton and Llloyd written by Kevin Brownlow (1989).