Kid’s Auto Race
AKA Kid Auto Races at Venice in the USA; Kid Auto Races in the United Kingdom; Charlot est content de lui in France : [The Kids’ Auto Race at Venice], [The Children’s Automobile Race], [The Pest]
(1914) American
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Henry Lehrman

Cast: Charles Chaplin [the lens louse], Henry Lehrman [the film director], [?] Frank D. Williams [the cameraman]?, [?] Charlotte Fitzpatrick?, [?] Thelma Salter?, [?] Gordon Griffith?, [?] Billy Jacobs?

Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by [?] Henry Lehrman? Cinematography by [?] E.J. Vallejo and/or Frank D. Williams? / No copyright registration. Released 7 February 1914. Split-reel with Olives and Their Oil (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] Completed or shipped? on 17 January 1914. The film was rereleased in the USA by W.H. Productions Company in [?] 1918?

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Cameras: Motion picture, Tripods - Canes - Children - Crowds - Hats: Bowler - Police: Policeman - Races - Tobacco: Cigarettes - USA: California: Venice

Listing updated: 30 March 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 85; Bohn-Light pp. 66, 67; Fell-History p. 97; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 18b, 28, 29, 135; Kerr-Silent pp. 22, 23, 65, 77; Lahue-Kops p. 144; Lahue-Mack p. 294; Lahue-World p. 78; Sinyard-Silent p. 100; Sklar-Movie p. 111 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.