Kid Speed
About Kid Speed
Avery DuPoys wants to see Dangerous Dan McGraw's car and brings his daughter Lou along. Kid Speed is in the same race, and both men want Lou. DuPoys says the winner may call on her every Wednesday night. Dan's bridge blows up. Kid Speed jumps the gap. A second blast starts a landslide meant for him, and it buries Dan. Kid Speed takes the finish in the dust and kisses Lou.
Cast & crew
More about Kid Speed
Larry Semon and Noel M. Smith directed and wrote it. Leon Lee wrote the titles. Semon produced it. E. W. Hammons presented it. Hans F. Koenekamp photographed it. Chadwick Pictures made it, and Educational Film Exchanges released it on 16 November 1924 as a Larry Semon Special Comedy. It runs 18 minutes. Another title is The Four-Wheeled Terror.
Themes
Making
Semon built the two-reeler around one race: a bridge that blows, a jump, and a slide that takes the wrong driver.
Look
Hans F. Koenekamp photographed the garage, the open cars, and the jump over the broken bridge.
Preservation
A reduction print, 8mm or 9.5mm, is in a private collection.
Notes
- Larry Semon plays Kid Speed. Dorothy Dwan plays Lou DuPoys. Oliver Hardy plays Dangerous Dan McGraw. Frank Alexander plays Avery DuPoys.
- James J. Jeffries, the former heavyweight champion, plays the blacksmith. William Hauber plays Sheriff Phil O'Delfa.
- Spencer Bell is billed with them.
- A print is in a private collection, as an 8mm or 9.5mm reduction.
Scenes
- Dan's car crosses a concrete bridge and the bridge blows.
- Kid Speed launches over the gap.
- The landslide meant for him buries Dan instead.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Kid Speed (1924).webm)
