Young Oldfield
About Young Oldfield
Jimmy Jump dreams he beats Barney Oldfield in a big auto race, then wakes behind the counter of his mother's drugstore. They are eight dollars short of the mortgage, due at noon. Jimmy aims an electric fan so the cold air makes passersby sneeze, and they crowd in for cough drops. He then races the money across town, crashes through the landlord's wall just before noon, and pays. The shop is saved, and Joe Cobb sneezes as the picture ends.
Cast & crew
More about Young Oldfield
Leo McCarey directed, Hal Roach produced, and H. M. Walker wrote the titles. Pathé Exchange released the one-reeler on June 22, 1924. It was shot March 9–17, 1924.
Themes
Notes
- Charley Chase plays Jimmy Jump. Emma Tansey plays his mother. Marie Mosquini is in the cast.
- Barney Oldfield, the racing driver, appears as himself in the dream.
- Silent Era lists surviving 8mm reduction prints in private collections.
Scenes
- Jimmy wakes from the race and is back in the drugstore.
- The car crashes through the landlord's wall with the mortgage money.
Also available
- Internet Archive (young-oldfield)
