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The Kid Auto Races were what? How Charlie's Little Tramp made his screen debut during "Kid Auto Races at Venice, Cal."
Charlie first appeared in public as the Little Tramp on Saturday and Sunday, January 10 and 11, 1914, photobombing the kid auto races and pushmobile races held in Venice, CA that weekend. Charlie first played the Little Tramp on camera Friday, January 9, filming initial scenes for Mabel Normand's self-directed comedy "Mabel's Strange Predicament," a role Charlie completed for Mabel the next week after his weekend filming in Venice. Mabel's comedy was released after "Kid Auto" premiered. So "Kid Auto" marks the tramp's onscreen debut, and debut public appearance. At the time no one in Venice watching Charlie had the slightest idea who he was.
This 1914 magazine story explains Kid Auto Races - Technical World Magazine, May 1914 Page 394 archive.org/de...
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Special thanks to Todd von Hoffmann for first advising me about the 1914 magazine article, and to Jeff Castel de Oro for the photos.
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