The Bangville Police

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The Bangville Police is a 1913 silent comedy short film often cited as one of the earliest Keystone Cops movies, showcasing Mack Sennett’s slapstick style.

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The Bangville Police canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
silent comedy short film ⓘ
slapstick film ⓘ
associatedWith Keystone Cops ⓘ
Mack Sennett ⓘ
castMember Charles Inslee ⓘ
Dot Farley ⓘ
Edgar Kennedy ⓘ
Mabel Normand ⓘ
Mack Sennett ⓘ
Nick Cogley ⓘ
Rube Miller ⓘ
colorProcess black and white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Henry Lehrman ⓘ
distributor Mutual Film ⓘ
era silent film era ⓘ
features Keystone Cops ⓘ
featuresCharacterType bumbling policemen ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
filmingLocation California ⓘ
genre Comedy ⓘ
Slapstick ⓘ
hasDistributionFormat theatrical short ⓘ
hasFilmTechnique chase sequences ⓘ
physical comedy ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early appearance of Keystone Cops ensemble ⓘ
early development of screen slapstick ⓘ
hasNarrativeElement false alarm leading to police chaos ⓘ
hasSetting rural farm ⓘ
hasTitleType short film ⓘ
isBlackAndWhite true ⓘ
isConsidered one of the earliest Keystone Cops films ⓘ
isSilent true ⓘ
notableFor early example of Mack Sennett’s slapstick style ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ
partOf Keystone comedies ⓘ
producer Mack Sennett ⓘ
productionCompany Keystone Film Company ⓘ
releaseDate 1913-04-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1913 ⓘ
runningTimeCategory one-reel film ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 8 ⓘ
stars Mabel Normand ⓘ
timePeriod 1910s American cinema ⓘ

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Mack Sennett → notableWork → The Bangville Police ⓘ
Ford Sterling → filmographyIncludes → The Bangville Police ⓘ
Keystone Cops → notableWork → The Bangville Police ⓘ
Michael Sinnott → notableWork → The Bangville Police ⓘ