Early examples of a film featuring fast food?

Early examples of a film featuring fast food? Apr 17, 2017 13:26:17 GMT

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Post by Richard Kimble on Apr 17, 2017 13:26:17 GMT

Apr 17, 2017 11:47:48 GMT Matthew the Swordsman said:

In one of Buster Keaton's short films (I believe it to be Three on a Limb, 1936), Keaton's character visits a drive-in food place. He orders a hamburger and malted milk. The food is served on a tray which connects to his car door. I may be wrong, but this seems a lot like fast food to me.

The great Busby Berkely-directed production number "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (1937) from Hollywood Hotel (lyrics by Johnny Mercer) is set at a similar hamburger joint.

I guess around this time we started to see car-oriented places. Previously it had been diners or urban "short order" establishments.

Which reminds me -- when did hot dog stands disappear? As late as the 1950s Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton pooled their money to buy one on The Honeymooners.