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File: Cops (1922).webm

Author: Buster Keaton, Edward Francis Cline

Publisher: First National Pictures Inc.

Year: 1922

PD: PD/US|1966

Note: A 1922 American silent comedy short film starring Buster Keaton, about a young man who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town. In 1997, this film was selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the first class of films for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Cat: Comedy film, Silent film

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{{Center|{{Fine|Joseph M. Schenk ''Presents''}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|"Buster" Keaton}}<br />
{{Fine|''in''}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|COPS}}<br />
{{Fine|{{Cursive|''A First National Attraction''}}}}}}
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{{Center|{{Larger|W}}ritten and directed by<br />
"BUSTER" KEATON<br />
and<br />
EDDIE CLINE}}
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{{Center|{{X-larger|L}}ove laughs at locksmiths.<br />''Houdini''}}
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{{ft/d|
"I won't marry you until you become a big business man."
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02:26

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{{Center|"I've telephoned for the expressman."}}
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{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'm broke and they threw me out."}}
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{{ft/d|
{{Center|"If I don't sell my furniture my wife and babies will starve."}}
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03:11

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{{Center|"I'll buy it and prove I'm a good business man."}}
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{{Box|{{Smaller|FOR SALE}}<br />
{{Sups|$}} {{Xx-larger|5.}}}}
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{{Center|'''439''' {{X-smaller|{{Dual line|{{sc|Watches}}|{{sc|Jeweler}}}}}} '''MONEY TO LOAN''' {{X-smaller|{{Dual line|{{sc|Diamonds}}|{{sc|Guns}}}}}} '''439'''}}
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{{Box|{{Cursive|{{X-larger|4 Flushing Place}}}}}}
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{{Center|"Maybe he was arrested for speeding."}}
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{{Center|{{Larger block|'''DR.SMITH'''
<p>'''GOAT GLAND'''<br />'''SPECIALIST'''</p>}}}}
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10:04

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{{Center|{{X-larger|O}}nce a year the citizens of every city know where they can find a policeman.}}
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{{Center|"I'm pleased to meet the daughter of our mayor."}}
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{{Center|"Get some cops to protect our policemen."}}
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14:07

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{{Center|"Do you suppose anything could've happened to our furniture?"}}
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{{Center|5{{Smaller|{{Sup|TH}}}} PRECINCT POLICE STATION}}
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{{Center|THE<br />{{X-larger|END}}}}
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