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The Fall Guy
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog

Cast: Larry Semon [Larry, the fall guy], Norma Nichols [the prima donna], Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy) [Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart], Frank Alexander [the sheriff], Bill Hauber (William Hauber), Al Thompson

Larry Semon Productions production for The Vitagraph Company of America; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America [A Larry Semon Comedy]. / Scenario by Larry Semon, from a screen story by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog. Assistant director, Roland Asher. Cinematography by H.F. Koenekamp (Hans F. Koenekamp). Intertitles written by Edward L. Moriarty. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / Released 16 July 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 May 2021.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 319 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.