Building a Fire
Building a Fire is a lost 1914 American silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and starring Mae Hotely, Julia Calhoun, and Jerold Hevener. Also among the cast is Oliver Hardy, who has a small role as a policeman. Plot
The following plot summary was published in The Lubin Bulletin, the newsletter in which the studio advertised its new releases:

Cast
 Mae Hotely as Maggie
 Julia Calhoun as Mrs. Jones
 Jerold T. Hevener as Mr. Jones
 Oliver Hardy as a policeman (uncredited)

Production and reception
Building a Fire was filmed in Jacksonville, Florida, at the Jacksonville unit of the Lubin Manufacturing Company, under the supervision of Arthur Hotaling. It was a short split-reel comedy, lasting approximately 5–6 minutes and sharing a single reel of film with a second, unrelated comedy, With the Burglar's Help, featuring James Hodges, Kate Millius, Frank Griffin, and Harry Rice. The films were released by the General Film Company on May 9, 1914. Building a Fire included one of the earliest known screen appearances of Oliver Hardy. Although the film itself does not survive, and he is not mentioned in any advertisements or reviews, Hardy can be seen, dressed as a cop, among the extras in the background of a publicity still reproduced in The Lubin Bulletin. The film was not well received by the trade papers. Moving Picture World described it as a "senseless 'comedy' which is likely to fail where average audiences are encountered"; and The New York Dramatic Mirror wrote "Just to show you on how trivial an incident a photoplay may be built, this half reel comedy is built about practically no material at all. The interest is also very slight." References

See also
 List of American films of 1914
 Oliver Hardy filmography

1914 films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
1914 comedy films
1914 short films
Films directed by Arthur Hotaling
Silent American comedy films
American comedy short films
1910s American films