A 1925 silent film where cars run on RADIO WAVES. Eat your heart out, Elon.
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.
Practical Effects
Genuinely impressive remote-controlled car stunts for 1925.
Acting
Billy Bevan's wild-eyed inventor physical comedy.
Director
Del Lord
Billy Bevan
Hiram Case
Andy Clyde
Burbank Watts
Lillian Knight
Winnie Watts
John J. Richardson
T. Potter Doam
Vernon Dent
Gasoline Customer
Irving Bacon
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
George Harris
Little Dancer (uncredited)
Thelma Hill
Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Murphy
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Amazonian Dancer (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Detroit's explosive automotive growth, this satirized both corporate consolidation and techno-optimism simultaneously.
Director Del Lord later shaped Three Stooges comedy; this short's mechanical chaos clearly rehearsed his signature destruction.
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