Red Hot Tires is a 1925 American silent comedy film produced and released by Warner Brothers. The film was based on a story written by Darryl Zanuck, under the pseudonym Gregory Rogers, and directed by Erle C. Kenton. The film stars Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller.Progressive Silent Film List: Red Hot Tires silentera.com
Ten years later, Warner Bros. released 1935 film with the same title, which unrelated to the 1925 version.
Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Al Jones sees an Elizabeth Lowden and becomes so infatuated with her that he runs his car into a steam roller. As he expresses it afterwards, every time he sees her something happens. Her father is chief of police and, to cure her of speeding, he puts her in jail. Jones demands the same treatment and is accommodated, but gets out first and strives to get back in only to find that the young woman has been released. He then has a hard time getting out.
Crooks kidnap Elizabeth and Jones, overcoming his fear of automobiles since his first accident, gives chase, fights all over the house in which they take refuge, and finally licks the crooks and wins the affections of Elizabeth.
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Preservation A copy of Red Hot Tires is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
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