The Noise of Bombs (1914)

The Police Chief is tracking a band of four desperadoes, who vow revenge by blowing up his house. The desperadoes manage to kidnap one of the Chief's hapless constables - the boyfriend of ... See full summary »

Stars:

Charles Murray, Edgar Kennedy, Lucille Ward

Cast

Cast overview:
Charles Murray	...	Constable Murray
Edgar Kennedy	...	Police Chief
Lucille Ward	...	Police Chief's Wife
Dixie Chene	...	Nursemaid
Josef Swickard	...	Desk Sergeant
Harry McCoy	...	1st Desperado
Edward F. Cline	...	2nd Desperado
Charley Chase	...	3rd Desperado (as Charles Parrot)
Richard Smith	...	Station Cop (as Dick Smith)

Storyline

The Police Chief is tracking a band of four desperadoes, who vow revenge by blowing up his house. The desperadoes manage to kidnap one of the Chief's hapless constables - the boyfriend of the Chief's baby's nursemaid - by kidnapping the constable and the baby. They force the constable to plant the bomb while they hold the baby hostage. The constable is able to enter the house, and plant the note of the impending bomb. Mayhem ensues as the Chief, his wife, the nursemaid and the other constables search the house for the bomb, and try to find out where the baby is.

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Plot Keywords:

keystone kops

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 1914 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Blackhanders

Company Credits

Production Co:

Keystone Film Company

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ninth of twelve movies that starred The Keystone Cops.

User Reviews

The third anarchist film of the night!

Tonight on Turner Classic Movies, they showed a bunch of early Mack Sennett comedies. Oddly, this was the third one they showed tonight which featured insane anarchists! A group of foreign-looking anarchists are chased out of the park. So, they plot their revenge and return a bit later--taking a cop and a baby prisoner. They force the cop to deliver bombs--or else they'll hurt the baby! This is a very dark plot and gives insight into the terror folks felt about the anarchist movement (which isn't a surprise based on some very high-profile murders by the group). However, it really ISN'T all that funny. In fact the only good thing about the film is an early appearance by Charley Chase as one of the villains.