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Cops
(1922)

1999 Kino International edition

Cops (1922), black & white, 18 minutes, not rated,
with The General (1926), color-toned black & white and black & white, 75 minutes, not rated, and The Playhouse (1921), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K131DVD, UPC 7-38329-01312-7.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, 192? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, snapper case (reissued in keep case, and in slimline keep case), $29.99 (reduced to $24.95).
DVD release date: 26 October 1999.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this best-available edition of Cops reveals a very-good to excellent 35mm source print for the natural-speed, windowboxed video transfer.

The film is accompanied by a theater organ music score performed by the immortal Gaylord Carter.

 

 

 

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

2004 Sunrise Silents edition

Cops (1922), color-tinted black & white, 20 minutes, not rated,
with The Block Signal (1926), color-tinted black & white, 52 minutes, not rated, and Her First Flame (1920), color-tinted black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.

Sunrise Silents, V1N3-N, no UPC number.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95.
DVD release date: 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

 

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Sunrise Silents.

Other silent era BUSTER KEATON films available on home video.
Buster Keaton filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
 
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