This very Kafka-esque film is Keaton's response to the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.[citation needed] Even though the central character's intentions are good, he cannot win, no matter how inventively he tries. He gets into various scraps with police officers throughout the film. Eventually, he unwittingly throws a bomb into a police parade and ends up being chased by a horde of cops.
At the end of the film, Keaton's character locks up the cops in the police station. However, the girl he is trying to woo disapproves of his behavior and gives him the cold shoulder. Therefore, he unlocks the police station and is immediately pulled in by the cops. The film ends with the title "The End" written on a tombstone with Keaton's pork pie hat propped on it.
One of Keaton's most iconic and brilliantly-constructed short films, Cops was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1997.。1884年,周莹跟着养父周老四来到关中,输光钱财的周老四将周莹卖到沈家当丫头。周莹逃跑时躲进吴家东院大少爷吴聘的轿中,颇具商业头脑的周莹得到了吴蔚文的赏识,被获许留在吴家。沈星移怀疑沈家大少爷被吴聘暗杀,出手将其打伤。为救昏迷的吴聘,周莹嫁入吴家冲喜。吴聘身亡,吴家处境困窘,周莹决定要重振吴家东院。周莹入股陕西织布局,却遭受了朝廷反对洋务运动势力的打击,陕西机器织布局面临重建。为救深陷牢狱的周莹,吴家交出陕西机器织布局的所有股份以及与洋商的生丝合同换得周莹一命。出狱后的周莹重燃斗志建立泾阳布厂,吴家产业再次有了新起色。庚子国难,周莹用自己的方式担起了吴家大业的重振之风,又引领了动荡时局的改革之路。。