Instrumentation
1(=picc).0.1(=ssax).1 - 1120 - perc(2): timps/tamb/whistle/BD/cyms/xyl/glsp/mar - drum kit - pno - banjo- vln.vlc.db
Availability
Full score and parts for hire
Programme Notes
Starring: Charles Chaplin
Director: Mack Sennett
Production Company: Keystone USA, 1914
Film Print: B&W print available from Roy Export Co. (Film Speed: 18 frames per second)
This very short film consists of candid shots of a children's auto-car race by a Californian beach, in front of which Chaplin improvises a comedy routine. It is now of special interest since it features Chaplin's first appearance in his Tramp persona. Carl Davis's score is a musical rough-house complete with crashes, whistles and bangs.