This Harold Lloyd film Girl Shy is fantastic if you have the time to see the whole thing. It’s a time warp back to 1920’s Los Angeles. And other than the cars it doesn’t look that different!
Starting about 3 minutes into Part 7, our hero races past and around the never ending housing tracts of the real estate booming city. At one point in the chase he invents the bouncing car! (modern one)
At 6 minutes into Part 8 he’s stolen a Red Car, part of the largest interurban electric train network on earth. Ever. It peaked in 1925. They had 1000 miles of track to film on! Notice that there aren’t any traffic signals as he blasts through the intersections.
The horses and chariot scene in part 9, which inspired Ben Hur, sees him racing through downtown LA and ending up at Lloyd’s Green Acres home. Today it’s Ron Burkle’s house.
Harold did his own stunts!
Man, what an awesome slice of Los Angeles history!