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The Sawmill

1922


A sawmill employee (Semon) tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter, but not if the foreman (Hardy) has anything to do with it.
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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Larry Semon
The dumb-bell
Frank Alexander
Mill owner
Oliver Hardy
The Foreman
Ann Hastings
The owner's daughter
Kathleen O'Connor
The Boss' daughter
Al Thompson
The boss

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