{{Short description|1922 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = The Sawmill | image = The Sawmill (1922) - 1.jpg | caption = Film still | director = Larry Semon<br />Norman Taurog | producer = Larry Semon<br />Albert E. Smith | writer = Larry Semon<br />Norman Taurog | starring = Oliver Hardy | music = | cinematography = Hans F. Koenekamp | editing = | distributor = Vitagraph Company of America | released = {{film date|1922|1|1}} | runtime = 25 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }}

'''''The Sawmill''''' is a 1922 American silent comedy short film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Sawmill1922.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Sawmill'' |accessdate=July 29, 2010|work=silentera.com}}</ref> ''The Sawmill'' was shot at Hume Lake.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19210809.2.238&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22Hume+Lake%22-------1 | title = PLAYS AND PLAYERS | last = | first = | date = September 9, 1921 | work = | newspaper = Los Angeles Herald | issue = #241 | access-date = February 26, 2016 | via = }}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last = Semon|first = Larry|title = The Sawmill|date = January 1, 1922|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012646/|last2 = Taurog|first2 = Norman|accessdate = February 26, 2016}}</ref>

==Cast== Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/101925-THE-SAWMILL?sid=f045c3df-0bb0-4b01-8748-2919f4651d01&sr=7.357929&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> * Larry Semon as The dumb-bell * Oliver Hardy as The foreman (credited as Babe Hardy) * Frank Alexander as mill owner * Ann Hastings as mill owner's daughter * Al Thompson as the boss * Kathleen O'Connor as the boss's daughter * Rosa Gore * William Hauber * Peter Ormonds * Pal the Dog

==See also== * List of American films of 1922 * Oliver Hardy filmography

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==External links== {{Commons category|The Sawmill}} *{{IMDb title|id=0012646|title=The Sawmill}} *{{Internet Archive short film|id=TheSawMill|name=The Sawmill}} *{{YouTube|id=b3fTMpP-tJY|title=The Sawmill (1922)}}

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