The Bangville Police (1913)

Things do not go well for this police car.

Here's a fun short that serves as my introduction to the Keystone Cops!  The first Keystone Cops short was produced one year earlier, but this one is considered to bethe first classic Cops film.

A maid encounters burglars in her barn and runs to call the police chief.  Awakened in his bed, the chief alerts the rest of the cops by firing off his gun.  The cops race on foot and by ineffective vehicle to save the girl.  Will they catch the bad guys...or a calf?

There's not much to say here.  For it's time, the editing is pretty quick and there are certainly hijinks, but there is nothing here that will be unfamiliar to a modern audience.  The most shocking thing to me was the characters randomly pointing guns in inadvisable directions and firing.  However, it's a Keystone Cops movie so there is never a sense of danger.

Only recommended for the diehards and others looking to kill about seven minutes.

Watched on Google Videos