I know this has come up here before but I am amazed at the number of T containing films in this database now.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Ford_model-Model+T.html
Happened to watch "Fast and Furious" today on AMC about a guy racing a '55 Jag in Califunny back when... There was another race going on at the park that was all brass era speedsters... pretty interesting... ws
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046969/?ref_=fn_al_tt_9
As I recall it, the Young Indiana Jones drew lots of derisive laughter from T guys because the director and actors knew nothing about driving a T.
Steve:
You've rekindled a "Young Indiana Jones" memory episode where Edison's battery plans were stolen..... and the culprit jammed his foot on the brake pedal to go faster...... whee !
Hollywood SOP ? seems so .
How about "O Brother where art thou" with the kid driving the T with a wood block wired onto the bottom of his shoe. REALISM! ws
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Here's an IMDB connection for Ts with Beaudette bodies:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942296/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
Cobina Wright, Jr., married Palmer Beaudette in 1941. I used to swap emails with her, and still with two of her children. Palmer was the grandson of OJ Beaudette. After she died, I made a connection of her as actress because of a playbill that was featured on PBS Histories' Mysteries. Cobina Wright, Sr. put on a grand party at the Waldorf Astoria in 1933, promising the presence of Pres. Roosevelt. Cobina is a unique name. I met Cobina III after an HCCA tour in Solvang, and and gave her and her daughter a ride in the ol' brass picup. Other T people have met her since, as she seeks out Beaudette bodied cars.
Here's a Beaudette bodied car being wrecked in a blackface clown routine in the 1943 movie Stormy Weather. It's about 2mins into the clip.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CdNbGqOAUeI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCdNbGqOAUeI& sa=X&ei=sWRrUs7mObTT4QTm84FY&ved=0CAsQqwQ
Just aired on BBC in the UK is series Peaky Blinders, about Birmingham street gangs in 1919. The central character drives a Manchester RHD tourer. Worth catching, I'm sure it'll turn up on US tv - you might need subtitles ;^)