A silent comedy short by Larry Semon featuring Oliver Hardy, described as a trope-laden parody with intense slapstick, chases, explosions, and dangerous stunts, and one of the most expensive shorts ever made.
"A trope-laden parody of contemporary mellerdrammers, THE SAWMILL packs enough chases, explosions, comic fight scenes and dangerous stunts for two Jackie Chan movies into slightly less than half an hour of intense slapstick. And the production values are insane, in the way that only silent movies wer"