The Speed Girl is a lost 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 film was supposedly expanded into a screenplay from Bebe Daniels's real life jail sentence of 10 days for speeding.
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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