Double Speed
1920 · United States · 50 min
- Director
- Sam Wood
- Screenplay
- Byron Morgan, Clara Genevieve Kennedy, J. Stewart Woodhouse
- Producer
- Adolph Zukor, Jesse Louis Lasky
- Cinematography
- Alfred Gilks
- Production company
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Cast
What it is about
Speed Carr drives from New York to Los Angeles to visit an uncle he has not seen in twenty years. Along the way, a group of tramps robs him of his car, his clothes and his papers, and he reaches the coast penniless, wearing a borrowed suit. When he asks his uncle's bank for money, he is turned away. From there the comedy mixes mistaken identity, an unexpected job and romance with car racing.
How it was made
Sam Wood made his directing debut with the film, which was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Its star, Wallace Reid, returned to the racing car genre he had already worked in. The screenplay was written by Byron Morgan, Clara Genevieve Kennedy and J. Stewart Woodhouse, and the cinematography was by Alfred Gilks. Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts and Tully Marshall complete the cast.
Reception and legacy
The film is considered lost, so its critical reception is known only indirectly, through the trade press of the period. Today it is of interest mainly as Sam Wood's first work behind the camera and as one more entry in Wallace Reid's career in speed comedies.
Stills
Trivia
Lost film
The film is now considered lost, and no complete copies are known to survive.
Sam Wood's debut
It was the first film Sam Wood directed, marking the start of his work as a director.
More films by Sam Wood
Gone with the Wind
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Pride of the Yankees
A Night at the Opera
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