Stop, Look and Listen is a 1926 American film comedy film starring Larry Semon and Dorothy Dwan and featuring Oliver Hardy. Semon and Dwan were married at the time. This was Hardy's final film appearance with Semon.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Luther Meek is a well-behaved young citizen of a small town with a sweetheart named Dorothy who pines for footlight fame. She coaxes him into backing a traveling show in which she is starred. On the opening night of the show, while the stage-struck Dorothy gets muddled in her initial appearance, the Stage Manager and Dorothy's graceless stepbrother rob a bank. Luther is blamed for the crime, but he escapes his persuers and follows the thieves, finally catching him and recovering the money. Dorothy then decides to abandon her stage dreams and weds Luther.
Cast
Larry Semon as Luther Meek
Dorothy Dwan as Dorothy
Mary Carr as Mother
William Gillespie as Bill
Lionel Belmore as Sheriff
B.F. Blinn as The Mayor
Bull Montana as Strong Man
Oliver Hardy as Show Manager (credited as Babe Hardy) Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry as Porter (credited as Curtis McHenry) Josef Swickard as Old Actor
Production
Stop, Look and Listen was the first film by Semon's production company and was based upon the successful 1915 musical comedy play of the same name by Irving Berlin and Harry B. Smith. The film, however, was not a financially success for Pathé Exchange.
Preservation
The majority of the film was considered to be lost. Initially in early 2020, it was announced that approximately 10 minutes of footage exists. In March 2020, the full film was discovered by a Japanese film archivist in Tokyo.