The Speed Kings (1913)

Directed by

Wilfred Lucas

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rated

NR

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father tries to stop his daughter from falling for a race car driver. The film shows real races mixed with comic scenes at the track.

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What happens

The Speed Kings is a 1913 American short comedy film starring Mabel Normand and featuring Fatty Arbuckle in an early role. The film is set at a race track and features footage of actual races. The story has Mabel's papa trying to prevent her growing infatuation with real life racing driver Teddy Tetzlaff. The Speed Kings survives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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