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Barney Oldfield's Race For A Life
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 1913 silent Keystone Studios comedy, directed by Mack Sennet, who also stars in the film as "a bashful suitor," alongside Mabel Normand as ""Mabel sweet and lovely," Ford Sterling as "a villainous rival," and Barney Oldfield As Himself.The film starts off with Mabel and her very shy suitor falling in love, Sterling's character, jealous as he is, then unsuccessfully tries to woo Mabel for himself. Not taking the rejection well, he decides to have her Chained to a Railway, steal a train and run her over.Fortunately for Mabel, Real Life racing champion Barney Oldfield just happens to be in town with his trusty car. What follows is a race for a life where Oldfield and Sennet try to reach and rescue Mabel before Sterling has time to enact his unscrupulous plan.This was one of the first — and one of the most straightforward — "railroad rescue" movies. However the concept — which is still highly associated with silent cinema to this day — was an import from the world of theatre, where it had already been a mainstay for half a century.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The film also features appearances from a squad of Keystone Cops, (all of whom are killed in the climax,) and a pre-Hazards of Helen Helen Holmes, who briefly appears as an extra. | |
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Beard of Evil: The Villainous Rival has his twirly mustache, and the henchman who doesn't abandon him has a full trimmed beard. | |
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Bad Boss: The Villainous Rival is quite Hot-Blooded and physically abuses his henchmen for the slightest mishaps. | |
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Angry Fist-Shake: The Villainous Rival does one whenever he's really upset, which — given his temprament — happens quite often. | |
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Beware the Silly Ones: The Bashful Suitor comes off like an awkward dork at first, but this doesn't stop him from saving Mabel from an oncoming train. | |
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Chained to a Railway: The earliest known example of this in film. note That is, not counting The Train Wreckers (1905) — which skipped the actual chaining — or Buster in Nodland, (1912), which only had a toy train, not a "proper" railway. It was already considered a tired old cliche, which is why it's used in this satirical comedy. The trope actually dates back to Victorian stage melodrama. | |
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