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[Daredevil Dolly]
Also known as Daredevil Dolly in the USA
(1913) Germany
B&W : (length unknown)
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Continental Kunstfilm Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Daredevil Dolly by True Feature Film Company in 1913.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Little Dolly Miller has just turned six. Her father being an auto enthusiast and the winner of many prizes, she is anxious to follow in the footsteps of father, and when the latter returns from a great race in which he beat all competitors, the little girl, who has secretly mastered the art of driving, prevails upon her mother to let her drive the car in which they are to ride out to meet the returning father. The father is delighted with the skill shown by his little girl, who shows her cleverness in turning and other difficult feats. Little Dolly insists now on returning home, riding in her own car. The father in a spirit of fun consents and there is a good deal of joking and fooling between the parents and the child, until the father proposes a race. The little girl catches up the idea quietly, but disaster overtakes her almost at once. Her car makes a bad turn and she is thrown into a ditch, barely escaping with her life. The father blames himself for the accident, and upon arriving home, in the presence of all the servants, forbids his child to ever enter an auto again. Now follow a series of thrilling episodes in which the little girl takes a prominent part and which keep the interest of the spectator keyed up to the highest pitch. Dolly’s parents have been invited to attend a banquet given them by an automobile club. While on the road to the club, the parents of Dolly stop to assist a couple, man and wife, who had been severely injured in an accident that has happened to their car. They learn that the name of the injured people is also Miller. The newspapers announce that Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been mortally injured and the message is rushed to the automobile club. The little girl, who thinks her parents have been killed, forgets all else and jumps into her car and starts to drive to the place where the accident happened. While Dolly is gone the Millers appear at the door of the club in the best of health. Then it turns out that Dolly is in her car. She again suffers shipwreck on the road and it would have gone ill with her, had not a good-natured tramp come to her rescue. The tramp turns out to have been a victim of misfortune, and when his story is learned by Dolly’s parents they show their gratitude by giving him permanent employment.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 2 May 2021.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 144 : Website-IMDb.
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