‘Fast & Furious’ Movie Poster From 1920s Sparks Desire For Period-Setting Film
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Film buffs were driven to disbelief after discovering that there are more Fast & Furious movies than claimed by the blockbuster street racing franchise.
This was after Twitter account Silent Movie GIFs shared a piece of trivia that the Vin Diesel-starring films “weren’t the first movies to use that title.” Turns out, there was another “fast-action” Fast and Furious movie that was showing back in 1924.
While the silent film also featured “many hair-raising stunts,” its poster indicates that it was more of a comedy than the beloved modern-day saga. Rather than cars, a train seems to be the “fast and furious” subject here.
The original starred Lige Conley as a department store clerk, whose outlet had been robbed. He’d then give chase to the crooks with his Black assistant (played by Spencer Bell, who was not credited previously). The pair tried every means of transportation possible to get to the thieves, including car, horse, motorcycle, train, and railroad handcar, but kept getting thwarted by a series of slapstick obstacles.
Internet users have since begun dreaming of a new Fast & Furious film that’s set in olden times. Director David F. Sandberg has even created a fake teaser to pitch the idea.
According to Screen Rant, there was a second Fast and Furious movie in 1927 that was distributed by Universal Pictures. Interestingly, this is the same company that’s been releasing the current films.
The hugely popular Fast and Furious franchise weren't the first movies to use that title pic.twitter.com/4dKgY5DrIm
— Silent Movie GIFs (@silentmoviegifs) November 3, 2020
https://t.co/Rv2IB31vxj pic.twitter.com/AJqnZXO6tG
— David F. Sandberg (@ponysmasher) November 3, 2020
[via Screen Rant, cover image via Everett Collection / Shutterstock.com]
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