Mabel Normand as “Mabel, Sweet & Lovely” and Ford Sterling as the moustache-twirling “Villainous Rival” in the silent comedy Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life (1913, dir. Mack Sennett). This is one of the first films to feature the archetypal silent movie plot of a damsel in distress being tied to the tracks of an oncoming train
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
The Scene that Started the Iconic Moment
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