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Kid Speed

  • 1924
  • 18m
ÉVALUATION IMDb
5,8/10
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Dorothy Dwan and Larry Semon in Kid Speed (1924)
SlapstickActionComedyRomanceShortSport

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA wealthy business man organizes a race. One the competitors is in love with his daughter. A love triangle develops with another competitor. Whoever wins the race will have the opportunity t... Tout lireA wealthy business man organizes a race. One the competitors is in love with his daughter. A love triangle develops with another competitor. Whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit her, leading to plenty of action.A wealthy business man organizes a race. One the competitors is in love with his daughter. A love triangle develops with another competitor. Whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit her, leading to plenty of action.

  • Directors
    • Larry Semon
    • Noel M. Smith
  • Writers
    • Leon Lee
    • Larry Semon
    • Noel M. Smith
  • Stars
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Larry Semon
    • Dorothy Dwan
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  • ÉVALUATION IMDb
    5,8/10
    271
    MA NOTE
    • Directors
      • Larry Semon
      • Noel M. Smith
    • Writers
      • Leon Lee
      • Larry Semon
      • Noel M. Smith
    • Stars
      • Oliver Hardy
      • Larry Semon
      • Dorothy Dwan
    • 11Commentaires d'utilisateurs
    • 2Commentaires de critiques
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    Rôles principaux8

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    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Dangerous Dan McGraw
    • (as Oliver N. Hardy)
    Larry Semon
    Larry Semon
    • The Speed Kid
    Dorothy Dwan
    Dorothy Dwan
    • Lou DuPoys
    James J. Jeffries
    James J. Jeffries
    • Blacksmith
    Frank Alexander
    • Mr. Avery DuPoys
    William Hauber
    • Sheriff Phil O'Delfya
    • (as Bill Hauber)
    Grover Ligon
      Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry
      • The Speed Kid's co-driver
      • Directors
        • Larry Semon
        • Noel M. Smith
      • Writers
        • Leon Lee
        • Larry Semon
        • Noel M. Smith
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      3F Gwynplaine MacIntyre

      Get out and walk.

      Although 'The Great Race' is one of my favourite movies (and, in my opinion, the funniest comedy ever made), in general I dislike movies about auto races ... and especially movies such as 'The Four-Wheeled Terror' in which the autos are racing through open countryside rather than a purpose-built race track. Those roads are meant for regular vehicles and pedestrians, not for a few juiced-up idiots who get their joys from breaking the speed limit and endangering public safety.

      However, 'The Four-Wheeled Terror' does offer a few pleasures: more than usual for a Larry Semon film. We get a brief performance by heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries, well-cast as a blacksmith. Semon has an interesting and atypical gag near the beginning of this comedy short: he sees his reflection in a mirror with a horizontal crack, and in the broken glass the middle of his reflection's face is missing.

      Semon plays a racecar driver here. For implausible reasons, some gangsters decide to nobble his car ... using bombs if necessary. There are some semi-amusing title cards parodying the poetry of Robert W Service, so (in the service of parodying Service) Oliver Hardy's villain is cried Dangerous Dan McGraw, while Dorothy Dwan is the lady that's known as Lou. In real life, Dwan was Semon's wife as well as his leading lady in some of his films.

      There are two pleasant surprises here. Semon's race car prominently displays the number 14, rather than the more obvious 13. Also, although many Larry Semon films feature gratuitous and unfunny racist gags about cowardly black men, here Semon's co-driver is played by a black man who actually portrays a fairly realistic human being. The black man is Spencer Bell, who appeared in some other Semon films under the unfortunate monicker G. Howe Black.

      This time round, Semon seems to be trying more for thrills than for comedy ... taking a leaf from Harold Lloyd? So, I'll forgive 'The Four-Wheeled Terror' for its lack of humour. Unfortunately, I didn't find it very thrilling either ... and (as usual in a Semon flick) most of the stunt work is unconvincing. The final gag was unpleasant to look at. This one rates just 3 out of 10.
      6planktonrules

      There's a lot of energy--just not that many laughs

      It's hard to believe that back in the early 1920s, Larry Semon was one of the top movie comics--as he is practically unheard of today. In fact, I think the only reason I found this short on DVD was because like many of Semon's films, his co-star was Oliver Hardy and this film was part of Passport Video's "The Laurel OR Hardy Collection"--films featuring one or the other before they were permanently teamed in 1927.

      The plot involves a rivalry between Semon and Hardy. Both want the same girl and oddly her father says that the winner of an auto race can then have permission to date her. Since Hardy always plays the villain in these films, it's not surprising that he cheats and uses many underhanded tricks to try to win the race. The race scenes and ones leading up to it are pretty good. Like other Semon comedies, this one is full of physical humor and is very high paced--much more so than the more polished shorts of Keaton or Lloyd. When the pacing AND the jokes come together, Semon's films are wonderful and very entertaining. The problem here is that while the stunts are excellent, there just aren't all that many laughs--making this a little better than a time-passer. Good, but certainly not among Semon's best work.
      didi-5

      Larry Semon - lost talent?

      We all know what became of Oliver Hardy, but Larry Semon's early death in the 1920s robbed us of what could have been a great comedian in the sound era as well as a talented presence in the silents.

      This car race-themed film is largely a number of routines on cars crashing, stunts over cliffs and the like, and Semon's worried white face popping up in manic mode as he speeds around in his car. Hardy is as good as you would expect as 'dangerous Dan', always on the thin edge of the wedge.

      Best bit? Barrels and roofs and tar and everything else as the car shoots through the wooden walls en route to the end of the race. The teens and twenties had numerous examples of speed, speed, speed, and this is a good example. Fast, furious and frenetic.
      6bkoganbing

      A Harold Lloyd project without Lloyd

      Having seen Larry Semon a now forgotten silent screen comedian in a couple of films it seems like he was searching for an individual style that all the greats had that set them apart. In Kid Speed which Semon also produced he looked to be imitating Harold Lloyd. The film sure could have used Lloyd as Lloyd and it's just the kind of part that Lloyd would have taken to easily.

      Semon is an automobile mechanic with dreams of being another Barney Oldfield and also hoping to win the girl. But perennial villain in the Semon shorts Oliver Hardy is his rival.

      Having seen Ollie now in a few silent shorts before he teamed up with Stan Laurel, it's a good thing that Hal Roach created the team. Hardy was a good player in these various shorts, but truly developed his individual persona with Stan.

      Larry Semon apparently never did, though the film does hold up well.
      7tavm

      Kid Speed has Larry Semon with Oliver Hardy in good support

      Kid Speed is another Larry Semon short with Oliver Hardy in support that I found on a Platinum DVD Laurel and Hardy collection. This time Hardy and Semon are car race rivals for a girl's affection. Since Hardy is the heavy, he's the one who tries to keep Semon from winning with help from various friends. One of my favorite gags involves Hardy and pals washing themselves with water from a barrel when another barrel on the roof spills tar through a roof hole into the water barrel causing Hardy and friends to look pitch black! There's also plenty of laughs involving people slipping into and out of automobiles and one more involving the winner and girl with white paint on the winner's face! Larry Semon is funny throughout and Hardy once again displays mannerisms that would come full fruition when he eventually teamed with Stan Laurel. By all means, seek this one out!

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        Former boxing World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries makes a quick cameo appearance as a blacksmith. Jeffries held the heavyweight title from 1898-1904, retiring undefeated with a record of 19-0. He came out of retirement six years later and lost to Jack Johnson, leaving his professional record at 19-1. He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.

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      Détails

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      • Date de sortie
        • 16 novembre 1924 (United States)
      • Pays d’origine
        • United States
      • Langue
        • English
      • Aussi connu sous le nom de
        • The Four Wheel Terror
      • Lieux de tournage
        • Charles Ray Productions - 1725 Fleming Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis(Studio)
      • sociétés de production
        • Chadwick Pictures Corporation
        • Larry Semon Productions
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      • Durée
        18 minutes
      • Couleur
        • Black and White
      • Mixage
        • Silent
      • Rapport de forme
        • 1.33 : 1

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