| Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mack Sennett |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Mack Sennett Mabel Normand Ford Sterling Barney Oldfield |
| Distributed by | Keystone Film Company |
| Release date(s) | June 3, 1913 |
| Running time | 13 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913) is a silent comedy short, directed and produced by Mack Sennett and starring Sennett, Mabel Normand, and Barney Oldfield as himself. It is considered one of the earliest to create the common archetypal silent film plot of a villain tying a young damsel to the tracks of an oncoming locomotive.
Legend Barney Oldfield stars in this early Sennett comedy. He races a speeding locomotive to rescue Mabel Normand who plays a damsel in distress tied up on the tracks by evil villain Ford Sterling.