Speedway (1929 film)

1929 film

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Speedway

Directed by| Harry Beaumont
Written by| Byron Morgan (also story)
Alfred Block
Ann Price
Joseph Farnham (titles)
Starring| William Haines
Anita Page
Ernest Torrence
Cinematography| Henry Sharp
Edited by| George Hively

Production
company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distributed by| MGM

Release date

* September 7, 1929 (1929-09-07)

Running time

| 82 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

Speedway is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring William Haines, Anita Page and Ernest Torrence. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. This was Haines' last film without dialogue.

## Plot

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The film tells the story about a car racer who clashes with his father, also a driver, at the Indianapolis Speedway. Prior to the Indy 500 auto race, Bill Whipple quarrels with his foster father, Jim MacDonald, who is to be one of his rivals that day.

MacDonald suddenly loses his chance to drive because of a heart condition. Whipple's car owner decides to go with another driver, so MacDonald offers his car to Whipple for the race. With victory in sight, Whipple pulls into the pits and lets MacDonald take the checkered flag of victory.

## Cast

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* William Haines as Bill Whipple
* Anita Page as Patricia Bonner
* Ernest Torrence as Jim MacDonald
* Karl Dane as Dugan
* John Miljan as Lee Renny
* Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. MacDonald
* Polly Moran as Waitress

## Production

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Much of the film was filmed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, including extensive footage of the 1929 'Decoration Day' race.

At the end of the film, it is possible to see a car accident on the track, where the vehicle overturns several times and the driver hits his head on the ground. The driver of the car, Bill Spence, died, due to head trauma. He participates in the grand prix that was taking place in Indianapolis.

## See also

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* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

## References

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## External links

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* Speedway is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
* Speedway at IMDb
* Speedway at AllMovie
* Speedway at the TCM Movie Database
* Speedway at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by Harry Beaumont

1910s|

* The Truant Soul (1916)
* Burning the Candle (1917)
* Filling His Own Shoes (1917)
* Skinner's Dress Suit (1917)
* Skinner's Bubble (1917)
* Skinner's Baby (1917)
* Thirty a Week (1918)
* Brown of Harvard (1918)
* Go West, Young Man (1918)
* A Man and His Money (1919)
* Heartsease (1919)
* One of the Finest (1919)
* Lord and Lady Algy (1919)
* The Gay Lord Quex (1919)
* The City of Comrades (1919)
* The Little Rowdy (1919)
* Toby's Bow (1919)
* A Wild Goose Chase (1919)

1920s|

* Going Some (1920)
* Dollars and Sense (1920)
* The Great Accident (1920)
* Officer 666 (1920)
* Stop Thief! (1920)
* June Madness (1922)
* Lights of the Desert (1922)
* Seeing's Believing (1922)
* Glass Houses (1922)
* The Five Dollar Baby (1922)
* They Like 'Em Rough (1922)
* Love in the Dark (1922)
* Very Truly Yours (1922)
* The Ragged Heiress (1922)
* The Gold Diggers (1923)
* Main Street (1923)
* A Noise in Newboro (1923)
* Crinoline and Romance (1923)
* Babbitt (1924)
* Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924)
* Beau Brummel (1924)
* The Lover of Camille (1924)
* A Lost Lady (1924)
* Recompense (1925)
* His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925)
* Womanpower (1926)
* Sandy (1926)
* One Increasing Purpose (1927)
* Forbidden Hours (1928)
* Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
* A Single Man (1929)
* The Broadway Melody (1929)
* Speedway (1929)

1930s|

* Great Day (1930)
* Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
* Children of Pleasure (1930)
* The Florodora Girl (1930)
* Those Three French Girls (1930)
* The Great Lover (1931)
* Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
* Laughing Sinners (1931)
* West of Broadway (1931)
* Are You Listening (1932)
* Unashamed (1932)
* Faithless (1932)
* Made on Broadway (1933)
* When Ladies Meet (1933)
* Should Ladies Behave (1933)
* Murder in the Private Car (1934)
* Enchanted April (1935)
* The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
* When's Your Birthday? (1937)

1940s|

* Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
* Twice Blessed (1945)
* Up Goes Maisie (1946)
* The Show-Off (1946)
* Undercover Maisie (1947)
* Alias a Gentleman (1948)

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