Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 40 minutes ago
Here’s one of those klassic krazy Keystone komedies- “Barney Oldfield’s Race For a Life”! Starring lovely Mabel Normand, dastardly Ford Sterling, dimwitted Mack Sennett, and good old Barney Oldfield himself, the story, “brilliantly skewers every aspect of Victorian melodrama tradition” as Brent E. Walker says in his book, “Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory”. A must watch for silent comedy fans, and one of Sennett’s best films in his early years. Enjoy it here with my ragtime accompaniment!
Scanned from my Blackhawk super 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.
IMDB for “Barney Oldfield’s Race For A Life”: imdb.com/title/tt0002663
Here’s one of those klassic krazy Keystone komedies- “Barney Oldfield’s Race For a Life”! Starring lovely Mabel Normand, dastardly Ford Sterling, dimwitted Mack Sennett, and good old Barney Oldfield himself, the story, “brilliantly skewers every aspect of Victorian melodrama tradition” as Brent E. Walker says in his book, “Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory”. A must watch for silent comedy fans, and one of Sennett’s best films in his early years. Enjoy it here with my ragtime accompaniment!
Scanned from my Blackhawk super 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.
IMDB for “Barney Oldfield’s Race For A Life”: imdb.com/title/tt0002663
