Editing Keystone Cops (section)

== Revivals ==
Mack Sennett continued to use the Keystone Cops intermittently through the 1920s, but their popularity had waned by the time that sound films arrived. In 1935, director Ralph Staub staged a revival of the Sennett gang for his [[Warner Brothers]] short subject ''[[Keystone Hotel (film)|Keystone Hotel]]'', featuring a re-creation of the Kops clutching at their hats, leaping in the air in surprise, running energetically in any direction, and taking extreme pratfalls. The Staub version of the Keystone Cops became a template for later re-creations. [[20th Century Fox]]'s 1939 film ''[[Hollywood Cavalcade]]'' had [[Buster Keaton]] in a Keystone chase scene. ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops]]'' (1955) included a lengthy chase scene, showcasing a group of stuntmen dressed as Sennett's squad. (Two original Keystone Cops in this film were [[Heinie Conklin]] as an elderly studio guard and [[Hank Mann]] as a prop man. Sennett also starred in a cameo appearance as himself).

[[Richard Lester]]'s ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' (1964) has a scene in which [[the Beatles]] are chased around the streets by police in the manner of the Keystone Cops<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/07/a-hard-days-night-making-of|title=Making Beatlemania: A Hard Day's Night at 50|last=Kashner|first=Sam|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=2 July 2014|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/499141/index.html|title=A Hard Day's Night (1964)|website=BFI Screen Online|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref> to the tune of "Can't Buy Me Love".

In Sydney, Australia, in the 1960s, [[Rod Hull]], [[Desmond Tester]] and [[Penny Spence]] featured in a local homage series of TV comedy shorts, ''Caper Cops''. "It’s a direct steal of the American ''Keystone Kops'' [sic], but this is Sydney, Australia, in the late 1960s and who cares..." said creator/star Hull.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stefansargent.com/2017/03/05/emu-killed-the-video-star/|title=Emu killed the video star, {{!}} Digital Video|website=stefansargent.com|access-date=2020-12-18}}</ref>

[[Mel Brooks]] directed a car chase scene in the Keystone Cops' style in his comedy film ''[[Silent Movie]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/mack-sennett-the-father-of-slapstick-cinema/|title=Mack Sennett: The Father of Slapstick Cinema|website=Legacy.com|date=5 November 2010}}</ref>

=== Canceled cartoon shorts ===
In the late 1960s, [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] pitched to create a series of animated cartoon short films based on the Keystone Cops, before being scrapped permanently following the closure of Warner’s original animation studio in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-last-warner-bros-cartoons/|title=The Last Warner Bros. Cartoons|website=CartoonResearch.com}}</ref>