1915SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
SLAPSTICK COMEDY WITH KEYSTONE KOPS, FORD STERLING, HARRY BERNARD, MINTA DURFEE, FRED KELSEY, AL ST. JOHN, BOBBY DUNN, EDGAR KENNEDY, HANK MANN, MACK SWAIN
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MAN SLEEPING UPRIGHT IN CHAIR. WIFE COMES OVER &
SEEING HIM ASLEEP SLAMS DOOR OPEN & SHUT ON HIM. PUTS ARMS AKIMBO AT THE SIGHT. CLOSES DOOR & DUSTS HUSBAND WITH FEATHER DUSTER |
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CU DOOR SLAMMING ON SLEEPING MAN WAKING HIM UP.
CLOSES THE DOOR, RUBS NOSE IN PAIN |
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OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC HOUSEWIFE CLEANING HOUSE. PICKS UP PHOTOGRAPH, DUSTS PHOTO
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MAN JUST AWAKE FROM NAP RISES & STRETCHES. PULLS OUT & LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH. THROWS DOWN PAPER
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WIFE PATTING HER HEART WITH PHOTOGRAPH. HUSBAND CATCHES HER & POINTS AT PHOTO. WIFE GIVES HIM PHOTO WHICH HE LOOKS AT & THEN TEARS IN HALF. GRABS COAT &
PUTS IT ON |
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CU EVIL, SINISTER-LOOKING MAN LURKING IN SHADOWS
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MAN COMING OUT OF HOUSE SEES MAN SCRATCHING SOMETHING INTO STAIR RAILING. KICKS MAN IN THE BUTT & STRANGLES HIM. THROWS HIM RIGHT INTO POLICEMAN. THEY BOTH FALL ON THE GROUND. MAN SHAKING HIS FIST
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POLICEMAN BRUTALITY. POLICEMAN THROWING MAN AROUND
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CU SINISTER-LOOKING MAN LOOKING LEFT & RIGHT RUNS ACROSS STREET
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GENTLEMAN WALKS UP TO MAN ON STREET, HAPPY TO SEE HIM. SLAPS HIM ON THE BACK & SHAKES HAND VIGOROUSLY.
IN FRONT OF POLICE STATION |
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AS MAYOR WALKS INTO POLICE STATION MEN JUMP TO ATTENTION & SALUTE. MAYOR ASTONISHED THAT COP ON DESK DUTY IS FAST ASLEEP. SENDS OTHER OFFICERS OUT OF ROOM. POLICEMAN WAKES UP, YAWNS, STRETCHES. CRINGES WHEN HE REALIZES MAYOR CAUGHT HIM SLEEPING ON THE JOB
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SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING CHARACTER SNOOPING AROUND POLICE STATION. LOOKING INTO WINDOW OF MAYOR'S OFFICE
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MAYOR GOES INTO OFFICE. SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING CHARACTER BACKS AWAY FROM WINDOW. MAYOR SITS AT ROLL-TOP OFFICE DESK. MAN STILL LURKING AT WINDOW
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WOMAN LEAVING HOUSE FOR THE DAY. CARRIES PARASOL, WEARING BONNET. CHECKS HERSELF & GOES OFF
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SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER ROLLS UP PIECE OF PAPER. THROWS PAPER AIRPLANE IN MAYOR'S OPEN WINDOW. AIRPLANE STICKS IN MAYOR'S HEART. PULLS IT OUT & READS THREATENING NOTE. CU THREATENING NOTE
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MAYOR CLUTCHES HIS HEART ANGRY AT THREAT. SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER RUNS AWAY
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MAN LEANING ON POLICEMAN'S DESK PULLS OUT CIGAR.
POLICEMAN GRABS CIGAR & RUNS IT UNDER HIS NOSE SMELLING CIGAR |
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MAYOR POINTING GUN WITH THREATENING NOTE IN OTHER HAND. MAN PUTS EAR TO DOOR EAVESDROPPING
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POV LOOKING THROUGH KEYHOLE. PEEPING TOM. OVERLY EXCITED, THINKS MEN ARE PLOTTING AGAINST HIM. PUTS NOTE AWAY & OPENS DOOR. OFFICER SALUTES MAYOR. MAYOR SHOWS NOTE & POLICEMAN DISMISSES IT. FLICKS HIS WRIST IN "IT'S NOTHING" GESTURE. ANGRY MAYOR USING HANDS
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POLICEMAN PULLS OUT POCKET WATCH. MAYOR RECOGNIZES IT AS HIS OWN. GRABS WATCH FROM POLICEMAN & PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET. POLICEMAN REACHES FOR HIS OWN WATCH &
REALIZES CIGAR MAN STOLE HIS WATCH. ANGRY MAYOR DOESN'T BELIEVE STORY & GRABS AT COPS BADGE. GESTURES THROWING ON FLOOR AS IF TO SAY HE'LL BE FIRED. POINTS FINGER AT DOOR & SENDS POLICEMAN OFF |
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POLICEMAN CLOSES DOOR TO POLICE STATION & SPOTS CONMAN LOOKING AT POCKET WATCH. COP CONFRONTS HIM &
GRABS HIM BY JACKET. THIEF STEALS HIS BADGE RIGHT OFF HIS JACKET. GIVES COP CIGAR, APOLOGY ACCEPTED, SEALED WITH HANDSHAKE |
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WOMAN WALKS OUT OF STORE BEHIND THEM & DROPS PACKAGES ON GROUND. POLICEMAN STOOPS OVER & PICKS UP BOXES FOR LADY
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MAN WORKING HIMSELF UP OVER THREATENING NOTE, PACING THE FLOORBOARDS. SLAPPING NOTE WITH HIS FIST, TALKING TO HIMSELF
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SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING CHARACTER WALKS UP BEHIND MAN &
POKES HIM. PULLS SACK OUT OF HIS JACKET & SHOWS TO MAN |
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POLICEMAN CARRIES WOMAN'S PACKAGES INTO HOUSE & PUTS THEM DOW. HELPS WOMAN OUT OF HER COAT. HE GOES OFF TO MAKE REFRESHMENT. POLICEMAN SNOOPING THROUGH PURCHASES. HOLDS UP NIGHT GOWN. WOMAN BRINGS HIM DRINK. COP PICKS UP BOXES & BRINGS THEM INTO BEDROOM
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DISCOVERS TORN PHOTOGRAPH & PUTS PIECES TOGETHER.
REALIZES IT'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIMSELF. WOMAN RUNS IN & GRABS NIGHTGOWN FROM POLICEMAN & HANGS IN CLOSET |
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POLICEMAN WANTS TO PLAY HIDE & SEEK WITH WOMAN. WOMAN PUTS HER HANDS OVER HER EYES AS POLICEMAN RUNS TO HIDE. LOOKING AROUND FOR HIDING SPOT, SEES BOTTLE OF WINE & DRINKS IT. GETS CAUGHT BY WOMAN. SURPRISED, SPITS WINE OUT. SITS ON HOT STOVE & JUMPS IN PAIN
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TWO SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING CHARACTERS LURKING UNDER
WOMAN'S BEDROOM WINDOW |
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POLICEMAN PUTS HANDS OVER HIS EYES AS WOMAN HIDES IN CLOSET FULL OF PRETTY DRESSES. POLICEMAN LOOKING FOR HIDDEN WOMAN
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TWO SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING CHARACTERS CLIMBING IN WOMAN'S OPEN WINDOW. CAT BURGLAR IN WOMAN'S BEDROOM HEARS POLICEMAN KNOCK OVER CHAIR. HIDES BEHIND DRESSER.
POLICEMAN CUPS HAND TO MOUTH CALLING WOMAN'S NAME. WOMAN COMES OUT OF CLOSET, SEES HIM & CLOSES CLOSET DOOR. POLICEMAN HEARS, OPENS CLOSET & FINDS HER HIDING AMONG FRILLY DRESSES |
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BURGLAR CREEPS OUT FROM HIDING & PUSHES POLICEMAN INTO CLOSET. LOCKS THEM IN CLOSET. ACCOMPLICE CLIMBS IN BEDROOM WINDOW
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FRIGHTENED WOMAN BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN CLOSET WEEPS INTO DRESS. POLICEMAN TRYING TO CONSOLE HER
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MAYOR IN HIS OFFICE TALKING ON TELEPHONE
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TELEPHONE RINGS, STARTLING BURGLAR WHO ANSWERS TELEPHONE. PUTS RECEIVER & SITS PLAYING PIANO. CUTS TO POLICEMAN & WOMAN IN CLOSET. MAN WITH FINGER TO MOUTH IN SSSHHH GESTURE. WOMAN PUTS HAND OVER MOUTH STOPPING HERSELF FROM MAKING NOISE
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CU MAYOR PULLS OUT & LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH. RUNS OUT OFFICE DOOR
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BURGLAR DROPS ITEMS IN SACK HELD BY ACCOMPLICE
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CU POLICEMAN & WOMAN BOTH PUTTING HAND ON FACE, FRIGHTENED. POLICEMAN PULLS WOMAN IN FRONT OF HIM.
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THIEVES PULLS OUT PERFUME ATOMIZER & SPRAYS ATOMIZER IN KEYHOLE. SPRAYS WOMAN IN THE FACE. POLICEMAN PUTS HIS EYE UP TO KEYHOLE & GETS WATER SQUIRTED IN HIS FACE
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THIEVES CLOSE SACK & GET READY TO LEAVE
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MAYOR ARRIVING HOME. BURGLARS JUMP OUT BEDROOM WINDOW JUST AS MAYOR WALKS IN. POLICEMAN ACCIDNETALLY KNOCKS HAT BOX DOWN. MAYOR HEARS NOISE & OPENS CLOSET DOOR.
POLICEMAN HIDES BEHIND FRILLY DRESSES AS WIFE COMES OUT & SHUTS DOOR |
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ANGRY HUSBAND DRAGS WIFE BY ARM INTO NEXT ROOM TO SHOW HER POLICEMAN'S HOLSTER. JEALOUS HUSBAND YELLING AT WIFE
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POLICEMAN CREEPS OUT OF WOMAN'S CLOSET BUT GETS CAUGHT BY JEALOUS HUSBAND. RUNS BACK IN CLOSET &
REFUSES TO COME OUT. JEALOUS HUSBAND PULLS OUT GUN & SHOOTS THROUGH CLOSET DOOR. POLICEMAN GIVES UP & COMES OUT OF CLOSET & FACES JEALOUS HUSBAND |
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HUSBAND MARCHES POLICEMAN TO WIFE. CATCHES MAN WITH FINGER TO MOUTH IN SSSHHH GESTURE TELLING WOMAN NOT TO TELL. TRIES TO EXPLAIN. MAN PULLS OUT GUN. WIMPY POLICEMAN TRIES TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE. TAKES MAN ASIDE & WHISPERS TO HIM. BLAMES THE WOMAN. SHE HEARS & GETS ANGRY. PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE.
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WOMAN KICKS POLICEMAN RIGHT OUT OPEN WINDOW INTO ARMS OF PEEPING TOM. POLICEMAN RUNS AWAY
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WOMAN STICKS HER HEAD OUT BEDROOM WINDOW. MAN THERE DOFFS HIS HAT
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COUPLE HAVING ARGUMENT. WOMAN WEEPS INTO HER DRESS, MAN SHAKING HIS FISTS. CONSOLES CRYING WOMAN
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THIEVES MEET UP ON STREET CORNER. EDGY MAN JUMPS WHEN THE OTHER PUTS ARM AROUND HIM
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COUPLE KISSING & MAKING UP. HUSBAND LEAVES
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POLICEMAN ARRIVES BACK AT POLICE STATION CLUTCHING HIS HEART TIRED FROM RUNNING
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THUGS MEETING ON STREET CORNER. MAN ARRIVES WITH PACKAGE. THIEF TAKES PACKAGE & WALKS AWAY WITH IT
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MAYOR WALKS INTO POLICE STATION. POLICEMAN TRIES TO EXPLAIN. MAYOR GOES INTO HIS OFFICE
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BUMBLING POLICEMAN MAKES POINT THEN SLAMS HAND ON DESK. HURTS HAND, PUTS HAND IN MOUTH. MAYOR SLAMS HIS DOOR. COP THINKS GUN WENT OFF & FALLS ON THE FLOOR, HURTS LEG
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MAN CARRYING PACKAGE SNEAKS INTO POLICE STATION &
PUTS BOX ON DESK & SNEAKS BACK OUT. COP GETS UP & SEES WRAPPED PACKAGE ADDRESSED TO MAYOR FROM TOWNSPEOPLE. ERASES "FROM THE TOWNSPEOPLE" & WRITES IN "THE CHIEF" PRETENDING IT'S FROM HIM. BENDS OVER & LOOKS INTO KEYHOLE |
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POV LOOKING THROUGH KEYHOLE SEES MAYOR HOLDING HIS GUN. JUMPS UP CLUTCHING HIS HEART. MAKES OTHER COP BRING IN PACKAG.
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POLICEMAN DELIVERS PACKAGE TO MAYOR
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MAYOR READS CARD & OPENS PACKAGE WITH FLOWERS ON TOP.
JUMPS AS HE SEES BOMB INSIDE BOX. CLUTCHES HIS HEART REGAINS HIS COMPOSURE & TAKES BOMB OUT OF BOX. CONFRONTS THE CHIEF. CU MAN HOLDING BOMB BEHIND HIS BACK BOUNCING IT FROM HAND TO HAND. ROOM FILLING WITH SMOKE |
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POLICEMAN RUNS OUT OF POLICE STATION. MAYOR FOLLOWS BEHIND CARRYING BOMB. OUT-OF-SHAPE COP CLUTCHING HIS HEART
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MAYOR THROWS BOMB WHICH HITS BRICK WALL. BOMB EXPLODES. FLYING BRICK HITS POLICEMAN IN HEAD KNOCKING HIM OUT
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MAYOR'S HOUSE FILLING WITH SMOKE. WIFE RUNS OUT &
SEES POLICEMAN LYING ON THE GROUND. HELPS HIM UP AS MAYOR ARRIVES THREATENS POLICEMAN |
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COUPLE RUNS INTO SMOKE-FILLED HOUSE. HUSBAND PUTS OUT FIRE WITH BUCKET
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TRIO OF BURGLARS LOOKING OVER STOLEN GOODS
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POLICEMAN TIES LONG ROPE AROUND MAN ON STREET. SENDS HIM INTO THIEVES BURGLAR'S HOUSE
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MAN ATTACHED TO LONG ROPE KNOCKS ON APARTMENT DOOR.
THIEVES PREPARE INSIDE, ARMED WITH GUN. HAND OVER NOTE TO THIEVES: "PLEASE GIVE SWAG TO BEARER OR THE MAYOR WILL JAIL ME" |
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THIEF STARTS SHOOTING GUN. MAN RUNS OUT CAUSING POLICE CHIEF ON OTHER END OF ROPE TO GET PULLED UP INTO THIEVES' ROOM
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POLICEMAN TIED TO ROPE PICKS UP STOLEN BUST. THIEF BURGLAR SHOOTS STATUE, BREAKING IT
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POLICEMAN RUNS CAUSING MAN ON OTHER END OF ROPE TO GO BACK UP AS HE COMES DOWN. MEN TRY TO CAPTURE MAN TIED TO ROPE. THEY ALL FALL DOWN ESCAPING. MAN GRABS HIS LEGS & PULLS HIS PANTS OFF
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POLICEMAN TIED TO ROPE RUNS IN CIRCLES MAKING ROPE TIGHTER AROUND HIS BODY
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MAYOR ARRIVES & PULLS ON ROPE. POLICEMAN GOING AROUND & AROUND, PULLED RIGHT BACK TO BURGLARS
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MAN ON STREET UNTIES HIMSELF FROM ROPE. THROWS ROPE &
LASSOS MAYOR. POLICEMAN ESCAPES OUT BACK CAUSING MAYOR ON ROPE TO RISE INTO BURGLARS HALLWAY. FORCE OF ROPE BEING PULLED CAUSES HIM TO BREAK THROUGH WALL |
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BURGLARS SHOOT AT MAYOR.
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TRIO OF POLICEMEN WITH BILLY CLUBS HEAR SHOTS & RUN TO HOUSE. POLICEMAN GOING UP ON ROPE FALLS ON MATTRESS. DRAGGED THROUGH HALLWAY ON MATTRESS
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MAYOR DROPS TO THE GROUND & LANDS ON POLICEMAN. COPS UNTIE HIM
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TRIO OF THIEVES HIDE IN DUMB WAITER
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MAYOR LETS GO OF ROPE, POLICEMAN ON OTHER END TO FALLS. THIEVES COME DOWN IN DUMB WAITER AT SAME TIME.
THEY SHOOT AT POLICEMAN. HE SHOOTS BACK. THEY RUN OUTSIDE INTO ARMS OF POLICE & MAYOR |
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POLICEMAN TIED TO ROPE SPINNING AROUND & AROUND.
SHOOTING OFF GUNS IN BOTH HANDS |
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