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Title

  • Cops

Summary

  • Keaton is duped into buying a wagonload of stolen furniture which he wheels into the middle of a police parade. When he unwittingly explodes a bomb, the entire police force gives chase.

Names

  • Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, direction, writing, cast
  • Cline, Edward, 1892-1961, direction, writing
  • Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961, production
  • Fox, Virginia, 1902-1982, cast
  • Roberts, Joe, 1870-1923, cast
  • Comique Film Corporation
  • AFI/Triangle Laboratories Estate Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : First National, 1922.

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Short films
  • Chase films

Notes

  • -  LP17630 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Comique Films Co., Inc.; 15Feb22; LP17630.
  • -  Photography, Elgin Lessley.
  • -  Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts.
  • -  Summary taken from Buster Keaton, a bio-bibliography, 1995, p. 160.
  • -  Sources used: Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1912-1939, p. 153; Rapf and Green, Buster Keaton, a bio-bibliography, 1995, p. 160; Robinson, Buster Keaton, 1969, p. 194.
  • -  Received: 2/2/1982; viewing print; gift, ATM 133; AFI/Triangle Laboratories Estate Collection.

Medium

  • 2 film reels of 2 on 1 (680 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FBC 6336 (viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 97505498

Online Format

  • web page

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Chicago citation style:

Fox, Virginia, Cast, Joe Roberts, Comique Film Corporation, and Afi/Triangle Laboratories Estate Collection. Cops. directeds by Keaton, Buster, Ection, Writing, Cast, and Cline, Edward, Ection, Writing, produceds by Schenck, Joseph M., Uction United States: First National, 1922. Web Page. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/97505498/.

APA citation style:

Fox, V., Roberts, J., Comique Film Corporation & Afi/Triangle Laboratories Estate Collection. (1922) Cops. Keaton, B. & Cline, E., dirs, Schenck, J. M., prod United States: First National. [Web Page] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/97505498/.

MLA citation style:

Fox, Virginia, Cast, et al. Cops. dir by Keaton, Buster, Ection, Writing, Cast, and Cline, Edward, Ection, Writing, prod by Schenck, Joseph M., Uction United States: First National, 1922. Web Page. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/97505498/>.