California Straight Ahead (1925)
200 Yards to Win and the Car in Flames!
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.
- Date of release
- 1925-09-12
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy, Action
- Director
- Harry A. Pollard
Casting
- Reginald Denny — Tom Hayden
- Gertrude Olmstead — Betty Browne
- Tom Wilson — Sambo
- Charles K. Gerrard — Creighton Deane
- Lucille Ward — Mrs. Browne
- John Steppling — Jeffrey Browne
- Fred Esmelton — Mr. Hayden
- Frances Raymond — Mrs. Hayden
- Leo Nomis — James
- Kasha Haroldi
- Hal Craig — Policeman
- Arthur Lake — Camper
Interesting facts
California Straight Ahead is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Tom Wilson.
Production
Wilson played the stereotypical role of Tom's valet Sambo in blackface. The use of white actors in blackface for black character roles in Hollywood films did not begin to decline until the late 1930s, and is now considered highly offensive, disrespectful, and racist.
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