| The Speed Girl | |
| Director: | Maurice Campbell |
| Producer: | Realart Pictures |
| Starring: | Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography: | H. Kinley Martin |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 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.