Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913)
- Directed by
- Mack Sennett
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A villain ties a young woman to railroad tracks in front of an oncoming train. A famous race car driver and a bumbling group of cops try to rescue her.
lightheartedplayfulslapstickfast-pacedwhimsicalsillyenergeticold-fashioned
What happens
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life is a 1913 American silent comedy short film, directed and produced by Mack Sennett. It stars Sennett, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, The Keystone Cops and Barney Oldfield as himself, in his film debut. It was distributed by the Keystone Film Company, and released in the United States on June 3, 1913. The film is preserved and was released as part of a DVD box set, titled Slapstick Encyclopedia, and is frequently featured in silent film festivals. The film is notable for being one of the earliest films to include the plot of a villain tying a young damsel to the tracks of an oncoming locomotive; a holdover from the Gaslight era of Victorian stage melodrama. It's also considered one of the first films to put a camera into a car to give the audience a driver's eye viewpoint. The famous film still of Normand tied to the railroad tracks has been part of a museum exhibit, and featured in books chronicling the history of notable silent films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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