The Sawmill (1922)

A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.

Directors:

Larry Semon, Norman Taurog

Writers:

Larry Semon (story), Norman Taurog (story)

Stars:

Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Frank Alexander

Cast

Cast overview:
Larry Semon	...	The dumb-bell
Oliver Hardy	...	The foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Frank Alexander	...	Mill owner
Kathleen O'Connor	...	The boss's daughter
Ann Hastings	...	The owner's daughter
Al Thompson	...	The boss
Rosa Gore	...	(as Rose Gore)
William Hauber
Peter Ormonds
Pal the Dog

Storyline

A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.

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Plot Keywords:

sawmill | gunpowder | person on fire | axe | falling tree | 

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 1922 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Lumber Jack

Filming Locations:

Lake Hume, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Larry Semon Productions, Vitagraph Company of America

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This holds the record as the most expensive short silent comedy ever produced. The cast and crew (consisting of 75 grips and electrical technicians, caterers, costumers, riggers, prop men and prop makers, construction and paint technicians, payroll cashiers, secretaries and script clerks, special effects technicians, transportation captains and drivers, assistant directors and production assistants) lived in a specially built bunker town while filming the short on location.

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Connections

Featured in Den gamle biograf: Episode #1.8 (2011)

User Reviews

Lots of slapstick at the lumber yard.

As nobody else has commented on it yet I might as well. Pretty run of the mill slapstick comedy of the time. Obviously from the title set at a sawmill. Larry Semon manages to get the girl in the end after a series of chases etc. Interesting to most people I would imagine for the appearance of Oliver Hardy as Semon's "competition". Perhaps rates 5/10.