The Speed Kings
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| The Speed Kings | |
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| File:The Speed Kings 1913.jpg | |
| Directed by | Wilfred Lucas |
| Starring | Mabel Normand Fatty Arbuckle |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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.[1] The Speed Kings survives.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Ford Sterling - Papa
- Mabel Normand - Mabel
- Teddy Tetzlaff - Himself - a race car driver
- Earl Cooper - Himself - a race car driver
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Race track official
- Billy Jacobs - (as Paul Jacobs)
- Barney Oldfield - Himself - a race car driver
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- The Speed Kings at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1913 films
- 1913 comedy films
- 1913 short films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- 1910s sports comedy films
- American auto racing films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent comedy short films
- American silent sports comedy films
- English-language comedy short films
- English-language sports comedy films
- Films directed by Wilfred Lucas
- Surviving American silent films
- 1910s comedy short film stubs