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4.6/10   34 votes
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Director:
Wilfred Lucas
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Release Date:
30 October 1913 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy | Action more
Plot:
Action scenes of early automobile racing highlight this story of Papa's efforts to thwart Mabel's romantic infatuation with a race car driver. full summary | add synopsis
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The Speed Kings is partly interesting for the race footage... more

Cast

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Ford Sterling ... Papa
Mabel Normand ... Mabel
Teddy Tetzlaff ... Himself - a race car driver (as Teddy Tetzlaft)
Earl Cooper ... Himself - a race car driver
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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ... Race track official
Billy Jacobs (as Paul Jacobs)

Barney Oldfield ... Himself - a race car driver
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Additional Details

Runtime:
8 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Santa Monica, California, USA

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Factual errors: 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. more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
The Speed Kings is partly interesting for the race footage..., 28 July 2007
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Author: tavm from Baton Rouge, La.

The Speed Kings is of historical interest because of footage of actual car races as Mack Sennett decides to shoot a comedy short around the event with stars Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, and, in an early supporting role, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Mabel and father Sterling are for different car racers with Ms. Normand infatuated with one Teddy Tetzlaff. Arbuckle is a racetrack official who physically tries to keep Mabel from running to the track whenever Tetzlaff comes nearby. Then Sterling bites Fatty in the ear (shades of Mike Tyson!) afterwards. There's also many amusing facial reactions from Sterling and Ms. Normand. Other than what I've just mentioned, this is mostly a blah short but the races makes this worth a look at least once.

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