A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Noon Whistle
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by George Jeske

Cast: Stan Laurel [Tanglefoot], James Finlayson [T. O’Hallahan, the foreman], William Gillespie [the lumber company president], Katherine Grant [his secretary], Sam Brooks (Sammy Brooks) [a millworker], Noah Young [a millworker], Jack O’Brien (John B. O’Brien) [a millworker]

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Stan Laurel. Assistant director, W.P. Hackney. Cinematography by Frank Young. / © 1923. Released 29 April 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates (Blackhawk Films collection); and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 February 2011.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Bruce Calvert.

Home video: DVD.