This classic misogynistic action was made "famous" by Snidely Whiplash in the 60s cartoon but it's obviously a take on the silent film motif. But where did the original idea come from?
2006-11-09 22:40:05 · 6 answers · asked by Doc 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The film 'Rescued by Rover' which was mentioned as a possible source, does not, according to the film database, have a scene with a train or a baby tied to the tracks. The dog takes its master to the gypsy woman's home where she's kidnapped the baby. The father and dog rescue the child and go home. There must be another source for this popular plot device.
2006-11-12 01:47:39 · update #1
It was a 1905 film called 'Rescued by Rover'- a very early movie where the hero (who is in fact, a dog) rescues a baby who has been kidnapped and tied to a railway track as a speeding train approaches. The movie is seven minutes in length in total.
2006-11-09 22:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sitting Still 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I remember I saw a silent movie clip (when I was a very little kid on one of those silent movie montages my mum once recorded on tape from telly) which involved a dog and a bicycle and an actor called Billy something with that typical suspense-chase music. The actor was too busy fighting the villain while the smart pooch managed to stop the train by warning the driver in time for it to stop and cut the rope the woman was tied with to the tracks. However I do not believe that was the first as Hollywood was well into using that idea in 1920s.
2006-11-12 05:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by MinnieDeMinx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tying of a person to railway tracks is such an important film device. It's successors are being used today. In the Bond movies, when the villain captures Bond, instead of just shooting him, he comes up with some elaborate plan to kill him like tying him to a rocket or having a laser move slowly up towards his genitals. The villain and his henchmen then leave, enabling Bond to escape.
2006-11-10 20:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by Jim T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, driver dude above me here, is correct. It originated in the silent movie he mentioned. Remember, well neither do I...LOL, but remember that in the early 1900's, TRAINS were just about our ONLY means of transportation from one city to the next. They were a big part of life and livelihood in this country and all around the world. Cars were not accessable yet. Horses were still number one transportation. There were no airplanes yet! No buses! Just trains! And tracks! That's why they were used so prominantly during the early days of cinema.
2006-11-10 10:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think It orginated from "god father"
2006-11-10 07:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by ashwinmolecule 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
godfather
2006-11-10 07:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋