The Fable of the Twelve-Cylinder Speed of the Leisure Class (1917)

Directed by

Richard Foster Baker

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short silent film based on a story by George Ade. It mocks the habits of wealthy people. The plot follows their obsession with speed and status.

silentcomedicsatiricallightheartedbriskwhimsicalobservational

What happens

The Fable of the Twelve-Cylinder Speed of the Leisure Class è un cortometraggio muto del 1917 diretto da Richard Foster Baker. Il soggetto è tratto da una storia dello scrittore George Ade. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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