A station agent (Andy Clyde) chooses a bumbling constabule to marry his beautiful daughter Betty (Thelma Hill)..
Is it worth the 20 minutes? If you like old-school slapstick where people fall over for no reason, then yeah, give it a watch. It’s short, loud, and mostly harmless. But if you can't stand early sound movies where everyone screams their lines at a hidden microphone, you'll probably hate this one within three minutes. ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Mack Sennett
Charley Chase
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"Is it worth the 20 minutes? If you like old-school slapstick where people fall over for no reason, then yeah, give it a watch. It’s short, loud, and mostly harmless. But if you can't stand early sound movies where everyone screams their lines at a hidden microphone, you'll probably hate this one within three minutes. The Constabule is one of those Mack Sennett shorts from right when movies started talking. It’s got that weird, nervous energy where the actors aren't sure if they should be makin..."
June Gittelson
Vernon Smith, Harry McCoy, John A. Waldron, Roy Del Ruth, Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth, Ewart Adamson, Earle Rodney
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