The Sawmill
About The Sawmill
Larry Semon, billed as the dumb-bell, is a clumsy hand at a sawmill and wants the owner's daughter. Oliver Hardy, billed as Babe Hardy, is the bullying foreman and wants her too. Frank Alexander plays the owner and Ann Hastings his daughter. Al Thompson is the boss, and Kathleen O'Connor is the boss's daughter.
Cast & crew
More about The Sawmill
Larry Semon and Norman Taurog wrote and directed. Semon and Albert E. Smith produced it for Vitagraph, which released the 25-minute short on January 1, 1922.
Themes
Look
Hans F. Koenekamp photographed the short at Hume Lake.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Hans F. Koenekamp photographed it.
- Wikipedia's cast splits the women: Ann Hastings as the mill owner's daughter and Kathleen O'Connor as the boss's daughter.
- Also listed are Rosa Gore, William Hauber, Peter Ormonds, and Pal the Dog.
- Semon is billed as "the dumb-bell.
Scenes
- Hardy's foreman bullies Semon's mill hand over the owner's daughter.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheSawMill)
