Cops A to Z

13:38 Alone on foot, without his wagon, Buster walks past a street sweeper trash can on wheels on the Goldwyn backlot. Culver City

13:50 Cops fill the screen looking for Buster (upper left), 13:55 reveals Buster was hiding in the trash can, then falls over. This Goldwyn set also appears in the Lon Chaney film The Ace of Hearts (upper right). Culver City

14:05 Anxious family beside the Kenmore on Sunset await delivery of their furniture. We learn the father is also a cop. See 08:02. Sunset near Echo Park

14:19 Buster runs in and out of a triangle building entrance, the former USC College of Dentistry Building, 635 Exposition Boulevard, near Figueroa, discovered by Jeffrey Castel de Oro. KC.06.4 Autumn 1998 pages 7-8. USC

14:31 Buster runs to the right, east, beside the W Washington side of the Rutland Apartments standing on the corner of Washington and Main Street.

Downtown south https://silentlocations.com/2013/10/24/more-discoveries-from-keatons-cops/

14:35 Buster pushes one cop to knock over a traffic cop, beside the Rutland Apartments to the left, at 1839 S Main, on the corner of Washington, twelve blocks south of the LA Civic Center.

Downtown south https://silentlocations.com/2013/10/24/more-discoveries-from-keatons-cops/

14:44

A cop runs west from Temple onto New High Street, the south side of the street to the left was later demolished for the construction site of the new Los Angeles City Hall. 14:47 Buster wears his necktie as a mustache. Civic Center view west from Temple down New High

14:52 Buster walks east toward the camera down New High Street toward Temple, unaware of the mob of police emerging from the parked cars behind him, until a lone cop jumps in front. Notice the crowds of spectators in the background. Normally cars parked parallel to the curb, but here they are parked perpendicular to the curb to allow the gag to unfold. Discovered by Jeffrey Castel de Oro. Civic Center

Looking west down New High St from Temple. Every building, and even the street itself, are all now lost to history. Off camera from Buster to the left stands a corner of The International Bank Building, shown here as Harold Lloyd climbs the first three floors during Ask Father. Harold’s character climbs the same bank building during Safety Last! Off camera to Buster’s right, the landmark Hall of Records and the LA County Courthouse. Harry Houdini filmed scenes from the Grim Game here in 1919 before Buster. Civic Center

Click to enlarge – aerial views of New High before and after City Hall. Civic Center https://silentlocations.com/2015/11/19/houdini-keaton-the-grim-game-cops/

15:05 15:24

Filmed on both the west and east sides of the Metro street backlot. 15:05 Not pictured, a lone cop notices the crashed wagon in front of the Metro Five Arch set. 15:07 At left, A wider view of the cop and crashed wagon in front of the Metro Five Arch set. 15:10 Not pictured, the Mayor and Chief of Police give orders on the east side of the Metro backlot. 15:11 Center, Buster hides in a luggage chest in front of the Metro Five Arch set. 15:24 Right, a closer view of a cop locking Buster inside the luggage chest in front of the Metro Five Arch set. The chest has no bottom and Buster escapes to the right. Hollywood

15:30 Buster runs toward the camera south down Arcadia from Main Street toward Los Angeles Street, tripping a cop blocking his way by running a zig-zagging path. Behind the camera is the intersection where Buster knocks down a cop with his boxing glove turn indicator at 06:34. Notice the spectators on the back right corner. Civic Center

The side of the Baker Building stands to the left, where Charlie Chaplin filmed scenes from The Kid and Jackie Coogan filmed scenes from The Rag Man. The corner of Sanchez Alley, where Buster filmed scenes in Neighbors, stands off camera to the right. Civic Center https://silentlocations.com/2022/09/17/jackie-coogans-charlie-chaplins-lost-la-alley-the-rag-man/ https://silentlocations.com/2023/10/14/chaplin-keaton-and-coogan-on-sanchez-street-three-films-revealed-in-a-brief-glimpse-during-the-kid/

15:39 Buster runs west from Cosmo to Cahuenga along the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley, and grabs a passing car out of frame one-handed.

Harry Houdini filmed The Grim Game here, before Buster, in 1919. The Palmer Building still under construction (see 06:11) appears at back. Hollywood https://silentlocations.com/2015/11/19/houdini-keaton-the-grim-game-cops/

15:47Buster lands beside two cops armed with billy clubs who miss him but knock each other out, beside the formal steps and columns of the First Baptist Church of Hollywood, now lost, that stood at the SE corner of Las Palmas and Selma, a block nearly due south of the Egyptian Theater.