The Speed Demon
About The Speed Demon
Fred Mace, as the Demon, owns a second-rate racing car and wants it in the Santa Monica races. He talks a sucker into betting every dollar on him. A Moving Picture World synopsis says that by the time the car finishes, night has fallen and the spectators have gone home. Footage sold under this title shows two Biograph players cutting across a plowed field, then a title, Hours Later, and the car rolling onto an empty track.
Cast & crew
More about The Speed Demon
Mack Sennett directed for the Biograph Company. Dell Henderson wrote the story and plays a racing official; Kate Toncray is the Demon's wife and Jack Pickford their son. General Film Company released it on July 15, 1912, on a split reel with His Own Fault, at a published length of 150 meters, with the comic scenes staged against the real Santa Monica road race.
Themes
Notes
- Sylvia Ashton plays a friend of the Demon's wife. William J. Butler is in the crowd.
- Edward Dillon and Charles West are billed as racing spectators. Charles Hill Mailes is also listed.
Scenes
- After the title Hours Later, the car arrives on the Santa Monica track with the stands empty.
