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Cops (1922)

Name: Cops
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1922
Duration: 18 min
Cast: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox

192218 minComedy✓ Verified rightsSilent · CC0 piano score

Cops (1922) is an 18-minute comedy short film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline.

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About Cops (1922)

Cops is a 1922 American two-reel silent comedy film about a young man (Buster Keaton) who accidentally runs afoul of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton.

The main character is spurned by his love interest, who wants him to become a businessman. Once he leaves her estate, he ends up acquiring a large amount of money from a businessman's wallet. He uses this money to buy up a comically large amount of furniture and a horse to carry this furniture in a carriage. While moving the furniture around town, he faces a variety of comical issues, such as his horse tiring out and accidentally knocking out a cop with his homemade turn signal. Later, he accidentally joins a police parade.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Cops (film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast includes: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox
Country: United States

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1922 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent copy with no audio track; CC0 piano bed is played.
Underlying rights: Keaton short.
Source: Internet Archive

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