The Speed Girl

The Speed Girl is a lost 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.

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

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 (Courtright), 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