Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Bangville Police" is another black-and-white silent film from the earlier days of film as this one is also over 100 years old. it only runs for 8 minutes and if you hear the title, this is probably what an adult movie today could be named, but here "bang" really only refers to all the noise and chaos that exists in this movie. Director Henry Lehrman is probably as unknown to most today as are all the other cast members with one exception, even if they were really prolific and successful a century ago. The exception is Mabel Normand of course, who plays a young woman suspecting criminals at her farm. She locks herself in and calls the police. The other townsfolk also quickly rushes to her place and a lot of the comedy is about people mistaking others for criminals. Actually almost all of it. At eight minutes, it is okay of a story, even if not too convincing either. The only memorable aspect eventually is once again the stunningly beautiful Mabel Normand with her great aura where one cannot have doubts for a second why she was such a huge star in her early 20s already, even if this one here does not carry her name in the title. Everything else is negligible though and it's only worth seeing for the very biggest silent film fans. I give it a thumbs-down, even if the ending was admittedly kinda cute and this film did somehow have a suspense/thriller element next to the 90% comedy.

Lee Eisenberg The movie that made the Keystone Cops famous focuses on a simple misunderstanding that causes a complete goof-up. This wasn't the first movie starring the crowd, but it turned them into stars. Producing was Mack Sennett, now known for launching Charlie Chaplin's career (Dan Aykroyd played him in Richard Attenborough's "Chaplin), while the cast included Mabel Normand, Hank Mann (a Storm Trooper in "The Great Dictator") and Edgar Kennedy (the lemonade vendor in "Duck Soup")."Bangville Police" is both a fun time, and a look at the early years of cinema. I suspect that they had fun filming it. I hope to see the rest of the Keystone Cops movies in the future.

tavm Bangville Police supposedly marked the debut of the Keystone Kops, named after the studio they worked for. In this one, however, they don't dress in the silly cop costumes or drive the fast-paced car that's their trademark. Anyway, Mabel Normand is a farm girl here who's begged her dad for a calf. She later sees some strange men in the barn and quickly calls the police. One answers and the chase is on. Next, Mabel slams her door just as someone is coming in. Turns out it's her mother who jumps to the conclusion robbers are in there! So while Mabel blocks her door with furniture, the mother and father try to fight their way in! This was perhaps the most amusing part of the short along with some explosions of the cop car. This was a short 7 minutes that went by so fast it's over before it's begun. The only real characterization that's developed is Mabel's who exudes charm with just her face and big eyes and seems so optimistically cheery here except, of course, when she's frightened. It's easy to see why she became a star. It's largely because of her that I'd recommended seeing this at least once and why I'm giving this a 4.

HAL-57 Not to worry, pretty Mabel, the Bangville Police are on the job! Actually, they resemble the peasant militia in appearances and armaments. However, they always get their man!In this film we see part of the early stage of evolution of the Keystone Cops, which proceeded from rural bungling to big city ineptitude.Although Mabel stands out in acting, the rest of the cast is just fine. The story, however, is bare bones, but that doesn't detract from the film. It is a lot of fun to watch.As an afterthought here, I should say that Mabel Normand is beautifully photographed. I can understand why she was so popular with artists and photographers of her day.