The Sawmill - 1922

Country: United States

Language: English

Directors: Larry Semon, Norman Taurog

Writers: Larry Semon (story), Norman Taurog (story)

Stars: Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon and Frank Alexander

Release Date: 1 January 1922 (USA)

Also known as: De zaagmolen (Netherlands - DVD title); The Lumber Jack (USA - working title)

Filming Locations: Lake Hume, California, USA

Production companies: Larry Semon Productions (for) Vitagraph Company of America

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Sawmill | Gunpowder | Person On Fire | Axe | Falling Tree  |  Exploding House | Slapstick | Shotgun | Tree Falls On House | Whip | Face Slap

Genres: Short | Comedy

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.  

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.