Mabel Normand Film #105: Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life (1913, famous girl tied to the tracks)

Presented by via Omar Rasidagic and a Blackhawk print. On our quality scale this is a 4: This film is famous for a variety of reasons. Its one of the most famous Keystone Comedy shorts, it features Barney Oldfield a famous car racer (before prohibition!) It also features ’the girl being tied to the railroad tracks’ a very famous image; and Mabel Normand is that girl.