The Speed Kings

1913
8m

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Action scenes of early automobile racing highlight this story of Papa's efforts to thwart Mabel's romantic infatuation with a race car driver.Action scenes of early automobile racing highlight this story of Papa's efforts to thwart Mabel's romantic infatuation with a race car driver.Action scenes of early automobile racing highlight this story of Papa's efforts to thwart Mabel's romantic infatuation with a race car driver.

Director
- Wilfred Lucas
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5.0/10

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Director
- Wilfred Lucas
Stars

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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Masher

Mabel Normand

Mabel

Ford Sterling

Papa

Teddy Tetzlaff

Teddy Tetzlaff - a Race Car Driver - Mabel's Choice
(as Teddy Tetzlaft)

Earl Cooper

Earl Cooper - a Race Car Driver

Barney Oldfield

Barney Oldfield - a Race Car Driver

Billy Jacobs

Boy in Crowd
(as Paul Jacobs)

Billy Gilbert

Man Ford Bumps into
(uncredited)

Bert Hunn

Spectator Next to Mabel
(uncredited)

Edgar Kennedy

Laughing Spectator
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Earl Cooper and Teddy Tetzlaff were both real life racecar drivers.

Goofs
The main titles and the inter-titles both misspell race car driver Teddy Tetzlaff's name as "Tetzlaft". His name is shown spelled correctly when his racing car is seen with the name painted on it.

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Showing up Rudely

Ah, Mabel Normand, from the days when being a wild cokeheaded actress meant something. This is an early one from the Keystone days and the print I saw had some inexplicable stuff tacked onto the end, looked like Fatty and Laurel fighting for some reason.

The main film is a car race with a mean ol daddy who will give his daughter, the desirable Mabel, to the winner. She prefers one fellow, Teddy Tetzlaff, and her dad roots for Earl Cooper. It seems that is the names of the actors. The print carries no credits.

Oddly, the bad guy wins, and we have no reason to know why he is a bad guy, nor why Mabel seems unfazed. Its after the race that the unexplained tussle between two guys we haven't seen before occurs. There are crowd scenes, so this may have been one of those movies made on a day when a real race was run. The race footage might have been exciting for the times.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.