Thursday, December 29, 2022

THE BANGVILLE POLICE (1913)
























Directed by: Henry Lehrman
Produced by: Mack Sennett
Starring: Fred Mace, Mabel Normand, Nick Cogley, Dot Farley, Betty Schade, The Keystone Cops (Raymond Hatton, Edgar Kennedy, Ford Sterling, Al St. John)

8 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A farmer and his daughter are in the barn. She is saying she wishes the cow would have a calf. Left alone in the house she hears strangers in the barn and calls the police. She barricades herself in. Her parents return and have to break the door down. She thinks it is the robbers. Meanwhile, a smokey car brings the police. After misunderstandings are resolved they find a new-born calf in the barn.

First appearance of the legendary silent film comedy group The Keystone Cops.

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