The Children's Automobile Race (1914) Charlot est content de lui. Kid Auto Races in Venice (1914) HQ720 (+HD 6min) Charlot se rend à une course de voiturettes pour enfant à Venice en Californie. Une …More
The Children's Automobile Race (1914) Charlot est content de lui.
Kid Auto Races in Venice (1914) HQ720 (+HD 6min)
Charlot se rend à une course de voiturettes pour enfant à Venice en Californie. Une équipe de tournage cherche à filmer l'évènement, mais Charlot les dérange en permanence en essayant de s'imposer devant la caméra. Le réalisateur tente alors de le faire disparaître du champ de vision par de grands gestes et des coups de pieds et de poings, ce qui va perturber la course, les deux hommes se retrouvant régulièrement au milieu de la piste. Les spectateurs, au début intrigués par ce comportement, vont finir par s'amuser des pitreries de Charlot.
Charlot est content de lui (Kid Auto Races at Venice, Cal.) est une comédieburlesque américaine de Henry Lehrman avec Charlie Chaplin, sortie le 7février 1914.
Kid Auto Races at Venice (also known as The Pest) is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin in which his "Little Tramp" character makes his first appearance in a film exhibited before the public. The first film to be produced that featured the character was actually Mabel's Strange Predicament; it was shot a few days before Kid Auto Races but released two days after it.
Made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman, the movie portrays Chaplin as a spectator at a "baby-cart race" in Venice, Los Angeles. The spectator keeps getting in the way of the camera and interferes with the race, causing great frustration to the public and participants. The film was shot during the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an actual race with Chaplin and Lehrman improvising gags in front of real-life spectators.[1]
Unusually the camera breaks the fourth wall to show a second camera filming (as though it were the first), to better explain the joke. At this stage Chaplin only gets in the way of the visible camera on screen, not the actual filming camera. In so doing it takes on a spectator's viewpoint and becomes one of the first public films to show a film camera and cameraperson in operation.[1]
Junior Vanderbilt Cup
By 1914, the Vanderbilt Cup had become an important automobile racing event in the United States, and the 1914 event was to be held in Santa Monica, California. The city decided to sponsor a junior version of the event, apparently with several classes of engines and with age limits for the drivers.[4] Some classes had no engines and used a ramp to accelerate the cars in a manner similar to soap box derby races. Other classes used small engines. Chaplin's movie includes one scene shot at the bottom of the ramp used for the engineless races. There is no evidence that Junior Vanderbilt Cups were held either before or after the 1914 event. Actual silver cups were awarded.
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 7 February 1914 (USA) See more »
Also Known As: Charlot est content de lui See more »
Filming Locations: Venice Pier, Ocean Walk Front at Washington Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production Co: Keystone Film Company See more »
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Keystone (1914)
Chaplin apparaît dans trente-six films du studio Keystone, tous produits par Mack Sennett. Sauf mention contraire, la longueur de ces films est d'une bobine.
Technical Specs
Runtime: 11 min | 6 min (Ontario)
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
See full technical specs »
Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0)
Did You Know?
This was the first film in which Charles Chaplin played his most famous character, The Tramp. With only a small number of exceptions, Chaplin would play only The Tramp (or slight variations on the character) on film until Le dictateur (1940). See more »
Featured in Bravo Charlot! (2002) See more »
Kid Auto Races in Venice (1914) HQ720 (+HD 6min)
Charlot se rend à une course de voiturettes pour enfant à Venice en Californie. Une équipe de tournage cherche à filmer l'évènement, mais Charlot les dérange en permanence en essayant de s'imposer devant la caméra. Le réalisateur tente alors de le faire disparaître du champ de vision par de grands gestes et des coups de pieds et de poings, ce qui va perturber la course, les deux hommes se retrouvant régulièrement au milieu de la piste. Les spectateurs, au début intrigués par ce comportement, vont finir par s'amuser des pitreries de Charlot.
Charlot est content de lui (Kid Auto Races at Venice, Cal.) est une comédieburlesque américaine de Henry Lehrman avec Charlie Chaplin, sortie le 7février 1914.
Kid Auto Races at Venice (also known as The Pest) is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin in which his "Little Tramp" character makes his first appearance in a film exhibited before the public. The first film to be produced that featured the character was actually Mabel's Strange Predicament; it was shot a few days before Kid Auto Races but released two days after it.
Made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman, the movie portrays Chaplin as a spectator at a "baby-cart race" in Venice, Los Angeles. The spectator keeps getting in the way of the camera and interferes with the race, causing great frustration to the public and participants. The film was shot during the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an actual race with Chaplin and Lehrman improvising gags in front of real-life spectators.[1]
Unusually the camera breaks the fourth wall to show a second camera filming (as though it were the first), to better explain the joke. At this stage Chaplin only gets in the way of the visible camera on screen, not the actual filming camera. In so doing it takes on a spectator's viewpoint and becomes one of the first public films to show a film camera and cameraperson in operation.[1]
Junior Vanderbilt Cup
By 1914, the Vanderbilt Cup had become an important automobile racing event in the United States, and the 1914 event was to be held in Santa Monica, California. The city decided to sponsor a junior version of the event, apparently with several classes of engines and with age limits for the drivers.[4] Some classes had no engines and used a ramp to accelerate the cars in a manner similar to soap box derby races. Other classes used small engines. Chaplin's movie includes one scene shot at the bottom of the ramp used for the engineless races. There is no evidence that Junior Vanderbilt Cups were held either before or after the 1914 event. Actual silver cups were awarded.
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 7 February 1914 (USA) See more »
Also Known As: Charlot est content de lui See more »
Filming Locations: Venice Pier, Ocean Walk Front at Washington Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production Co: Keystone Film Company See more »
Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »
Keystone (1914)
Chaplin apparaît dans trente-six films du studio Keystone, tous produits par Mack Sennett. Sauf mention contraire, la longueur de ces films est d'une bobine.
Technical Specs
Runtime: 11 min | 6 min (Ontario)
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
See full technical specs »
Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0)
Did You Know?
This was the first film in which Charles Chaplin played his most famous character, The Tramp. With only a small number of exceptions, Chaplin would play only The Tramp (or slight variations on the character) on film until Le dictateur (1940). See more »
Featured in Bravo Charlot! (2002) See more »