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Stop, Look and Listen
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5305 feet
Directed by Larry Semon

Cast: Larry Semon [Luther Meek], Dorothy Dwan [Dorothy], Mary Carr [mother], William Gillespie [Bill], Lionel Belmore [the sheriff], Bull Montana [the strong man], Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy) [the show manager], Curtis McHenry [the porter], Joseph Swickard (Josef Swickard) [the old actor]

Larry Semon Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathépicture]. / Produced by [?] John Adams? Scenario by Harry B. Smith and Larry Semon, from the musical play Stop, Look and Listen by Harry B. Smith and Irving Berlin. Assistant directors, Earl Montgomery and Oliver Hardy. Cinematography by H.F. Koenekamp (Hans F. Koenekamp) and James Brown. Presented by John Adams. / © 1 February 1926 by Larry Semon Productions [LU22348]. Released [?] 1 or 31? January 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Hardy’s final film with Semon.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 November 2013.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 319 : ClasIm-301 pp. 12-13 : Website-AFI.