Help with Silent Movie

[david13]

That featured a motorcycle and sidecar, which would separate, then come back together.
Was that Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, or what?
Does anybody remember that?
dc

[kentauros]

1. I haven't seen enough of those kind of silent films to know.

The only other thing that comes to mind is the Australian movie "Malcolm" but it's not silent ;)

[david13]

2. Oh yeah, the car splits in half. This was similar, but black and white

and much older, and probably silent film. And a motorcycle with side car.
dc

[Archae]

3. Abbott and Costello did that gag too.

When they played Keystone Kops in some movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp5ASmgR1L0

[mockmonkey]

4. I know this isn't it

But when I was a kid you could buy old 8mm movies to play on your home projector. Anyway here is one that I used to have myself. And it's exactly the way I remember it. It involves what you mention but I assume that was a gag used in other actual silent movies.

Abbott and Costello:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY7N1jr9csM

I seem to remember a Phyllis Diller movie which used the same idea.

[Archae]

5. My parents bought this one too.

Same format.

[surrealAmerican]

6. I've seen many Buster Keaton films ...

... and this doesn't sound familiar to me. But it sounds more like Laurel and Hardy's type of shtick.

[BuelahWitch]

7. I was thinking it might be Snub Pollard's "It's a Gift"

But when I was Googling Snub this picture came up:


Looks like a sidecar but I don't think it started out with a motorcycle.

The scene you want could be Harold Lloyd in Speedy, but I'm not sure. Have you ever been to the Nitrateville forum? Lots of silent movie experts there:

http://www.nitrateville.com/

[david13]

8. I think the truth is, I am thinking of several stunts. I saw Harold Lloyd's

Safety First at Royce Hall last year, with organ accompaniment (full house, also) and he had several chase or run scenes, where he uses car, train, motorcycle, etc., as in Speedy.
Thanks to all.
dc