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Love, Oil and Grease
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Marshall Neilan
Cast: Lloyd V. Hamilton (Lloyd Hamilton) [Ham], Bud Duncan [Bud], Marshall Neilan [Ray Beaudine, an automobile salesman], Ethel Teare [Hazel, Ray’s sweetheart], Tim Welsh [I.T. Tiny, a prospective buyer]
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Marshall Neilan. / Released 29 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Although neither Ham nor Bud can tell a spark plug from a friction clutch, they land a job in Ray’s garage as mechanicians. That same day, Ray angers his sweetheart, Hazel, when she hears him speak on man’s superiority to woman. To show him he is wrong, she lands a job as automobile saleswoman. Hazel also breaks their engagement. Ray learns that an individual is securing free demonstration rides from automobile dealers by fraudulent methods. When I.M. Tiny later requests a demonstration with a view toward purchasing one of Ray’s machines, the salesman takes him to be the man who has victimized other dealers. Hazel sees Ray take Tiny out in a machine and follows in the car which she is demonstrating. Twenty miles from nowhere, Ray dumps Tiny out of the auto and speeds away. Hazel, however, comes to the rescue and takes the man home. In the meantime, Ham and Bud raise all kinds of mischief. The two go out joy-riding, almost pushing the city off the map. Tiny arrives at Ray’s garage and proceeds to beat up the young man. The cyclonic return of Ham and Bud cause the combatants to think the building has fallen atop of them. Enraged, they go for the joy-riders, who in the meantime have gotten into a fight with each other. Petroleum, oil and bricks are the weapons used. Innocent bystanders suffer equally with those engaged. Ham and Bud finally knock each other out and are dragged to jail. The battle over, Tiny proceeds to Hazel’s garage, where he buys fifteen machines, one for each member of the family. Ray watches in despair. His sheepish countenance and confession that as a salesman she is his superior, soften Hazel’s heart and she consents to marry him.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Garages - Mechanics
Listing updated: 14 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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