A Race for a Bride

The copy of this movie that has been posted to the BFI site on YouTube is fifteen minutes in length, despite missing the last few minutes. This is odd, because the IMDb lists it as a one-reeler, about half the length . It's the only known survivor of a series of twelve sporting comedies. In this one, Peggy Carlisle is having tea with Rex Davis and Pat O'Dare and announces she will marry whoever wins the local bicycle race. One imagines she believes that one of the two is a cinch, or possibly she doesn't care, so long as he (or she) can win the Tour de France.

There are minor plot complications, with the sister of Mr. Davis showing up and them being fond, and this being reported as wicked gossip; and Mr. Davis is locked in a woodshed. But the last five minutes is watching the guys bicycle in mid-long shot through the woods. for that athletic/rustic feeling. I suppose it appeals to some people, but it isn't my ideal of a great comedy.