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30 October 1913 (USA) morePlot:
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 synopsisPlot Keywords:
Automobile
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Racing
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Race Car
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The Speed Kings is partly interesting for the race footage... moreCast
(Credited cast) | Ford Sterling | ... | Papa |
| Mabel Normand | ... | Mabel |
| Teddy Tetzlaff | ... | Himself - a race car driver (as Teddy Tetzlaft) |
| Earl Cooper | ... | Himself - a race car driver |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | ... | Race track official |
| Billy Jacobs | (as Paul Jacobs) | |
 | Barney Oldfield | ... | Himself - a race car driver |
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8 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
SilentCertification:
Canada:G (Ontario)Filming Locations:
Santa Monica, California, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreFAQ
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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.