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The Record Breaker
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon)
Cast: Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [Eddie Pullen], Fay Tincher [Nell], Tod Browning [John], Max Davidson [a gambler]
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Released 27 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Reel Life, 19 December 1914, page ?] Nell persuades her father to take her to the Corona auto races. There she and Eddie Pullen, speed champion, have a case of love at first sight. John, a jealous rival, however, decides to ruin Eddie’s chances of winning the race by interchanging the signs on the water and oil cans. It happens that a gambler, who has made a bet with Nell’s father, has the same brilliant thought. So, after John has arranged matters, the gambler mistakenly restores the signs — and Eddie wins the race in record time, also the hand of Nell.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 9 January 1915, page ?] A road race in which Eddie Pullen, speed champion, drives a Mercer car at the rate of 102 miles an hour is the base of this film. The story has been drawn on comedy lines. The funny situation of the picture is where the lover and the gambler change the signs on the replenishing tanks, together frustrating the end that each hoped to gain.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 25 November 2022.
References: Skal-Browning p. 253 : Website-IMDb.
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