The Bell Hop

{{short description|1921 film}} {{other uses|Bellhop (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Bell Hop | image = The Bell Hop FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = Film poster | director = Larry Semon<br>Norman Taurog | producer = Larry Semon<br>Albert E. Smith | writer = Larry Semon<br>Norman Taurog | starring = Oliver Hardy | cinematography = Hans F. Koenekamp | editing = | distributor = Vitagraph Company of America | released = {{film date|1921|9|18}} | runtime = 20 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }}

'''''The Bell Hop''''' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog and featuring Oliver Hardy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSa-fqnL7iIC&q=%22The+Bell+Hop%22+%22Larry+Semon%22&pg=PA136|title=The Funny Parts: A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags|first=Anthony|last=Balducci|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786488933|access-date=April 2, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InrXCgAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Bell+Hop%22+%22Larry+Semon%22&pg=PA213|title=Larry Semon, Daredevil Comedian of the Silent Screen: A Biography and Filmography|first=Claudia|last=Sassen|date=October 15, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786498222|access-date=April 2, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQb43bzF91QC&q=%22The+Bell+Hop%22+%22Larry+Semon%22&pg=PA80|title=Aviators in Early Hollywood|first=Shawna|last=Kelly|date=April 2, 2019|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738559025|access-date=April 2, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Cast== * Larry Semon as The bellhop * Oliver Hardy as Hotel manager (as Babe Hardy) * Frank Alexander as A government official * Al Thompson * Pete Gordon * Norma Nichols as A maid * William Hauber as Hotel detective * Walter Wilkinson as Little boy

==See also== * List of American films of 1921

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|The Bell Hop}} *{{IMDb title|id=0011958|title=The Bell Hop}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell Hop, The}} Category:1921 films Category:1921 short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Larry Semon Category:Short films directed by Norman Taurog Category:1921 comedy films Category:American silent comedy short films Category:1921 American films Category:1921 English-language films Category:English-language comedy short films