Alkali Ike's Auto
About Alkali Ike's Auto
Alkali Ike and Mustang Pete are courting the same woman. Ike wants to take her riding. She goes with Pete, who has a horse and carriage. Ike trades his horses for an automobile to beat the carriage. The machine does not do what he planned.
Cast & crew
More about Alkali Ike's Auto
Gilbert M. Anderson, billed as Broncho Billy, directed. It is the first short in the Alkali Ike series. Augustus Carney plays Ike.
Themes
Background
A 1911 Essanay comedy, the first Alkali Ike short.
Making
Anderson opened the Alkali Ike comedies with a car that was supposed to outclass a buggy.
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Harry Todd, Margaret Joslin, Arthur Mackley, Victor Potel, John B. O'Brien, and Fred Church are in the cast.
- The Internet Archive item is titled silent-alkali-ikes-auto.
Scenes
- She picks Pete's carriage over Ike's horse.
- Ike shows up in the automobile he bought with his horses.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-alkali-ikes-auto)
