Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Virtuous Mabel rejects the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious villain and his henchmen then seize Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. Mabel's anxious boyfriend turns for help to the great Barney Oldfield, who ...
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"Archetypal slapstick chase comedy that is sometimes wrongly considered to be the epitome of the cheesy 'girl tied to railroad track' stereotype when it is, in fact, a comical lampoon of the stage melodramas of the day. Easily the best movie Keystone had made up to the date of its release despite Mack Sennett's clunky performance and real-life racing driver Oldfield's complete lack of charisma. Ford Sterling dominates as the 'tache-twirling villain, and the chase sequences are hair-raisingly effective...."
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Fourth of twelve movies that starred The Keystone Kops.
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Virtuous Mabel rejects the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious villain and his henchmen then seize Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. Mabel's anxious boyfriend turns for help to the great Barney Oldfield, who ...