Harry Langdon - The Forgotten Fourth Genius.
For a few years during the 1920s, film comedian Harry Langdon achieved success that was a par with the big three of American film comedy - Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd. Unfairly relegated to near obscurity, Harry Langdon is deserving of greater recognition.
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- DirectorFrank CapraStarsHarry LangdonPriscilla BonnerGertrude AstorA meek Belgian soldier, fighting in World War I, receives a letter and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. After the war, he travels to America searching for her.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsHarry LangdonGladys BrockwellAlan RoscoeHarry Shelby receives his first pair of long pants. He immediately falls in love with a cocaine-smuggling flapper named Bebe. When Bebe is imprisoned, he decides to rescue her; to do this, he must break off his forthcoming wedding to his childhood sweetheart Priscilla by any means necessary--including murder.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonJoan CrawfordEdwards DavisLow-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25, 000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays off his father Amos's mortgage and marries Betty.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonRuth HiattA misogynist Fire chief counsels his nephew to avoid matrimony at all costs. Uhe love-struck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel.
- DirectorHarry LangdonStarsHarry LangdonGladys McConnellCornelius KeefeHarry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men.
- DirectorHarry LangdonStarsHarry LangdonGladys McConnellHelen HaywardA wife, tired of her husband's non-stop carousing, sues him for divorce. The judge, however, comes up with a novel solution--he makes the husband take his wife's place in the household--including dressing like her--for 30 days to see what it's like to be his wife.
- DirectorHarry LangdonArthur RipleyStarsHarry LangdonDoris DawsonLionel BelmoreHarry Van Housen, the son of German immigrants, desperately wants to enlist in the United States Army during World War I in order to prove to his sweetheart that he is a true-blue American. Every time Harry volunteers for service, he is turned down for unfitness: he is underweight, four inches too short, nearsighted, flat-footed, and suffering from dandruff. Unwittingly, he comes across a German base being used to shuttle supplies to submarines off the United States coast; all unknowingly, he manages to free an American officer, blow up the base, and round up the spies. Harry is given a hero's welcome by his hometown, but he misses it, being too busy courting his girl to care about civic honors.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsOliver HardyHarry LangdonBillie BurkeA visiting circus man calls on a Southern country doctor to cure his sick elephant; afterwards, the grateful beast becomes so attached to the doctor that it starts to follow him everywhere.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsHarry LangdonMadeline HurlockAndy ClydeA jealous father thinks his son is after Dad's fiancee and kicks the son out. Working in California, he falls for a girl and runs into his new Mamma with another man. Will our farm boy and his sweetie stop injustice from happening again?
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsHarry LangdonAlberta VaughnEthel TeareA series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when they go to the beach and later watch a beauty and fashion contest. His wife enters it wearing a mask. Back at work on Monday, all has returned to normal, until the winner of the contest shows up for her prize: a complete wardrobe. Later, the clerk mistakes the manager's wife for his own and sets out to avenge a kiss he sees them exchange. A trip to the hospital later, the shoe clerk still has an eye for a peach.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsHarry LangdonAlberta VaughnJack CooperAs both the local photographer and the sheriff, Harry must track down an arsonist and deal with his un-photogenic in-laws.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonMarceline DayCharlotte MineauOn the morning of his wedding day, Harry has a terrible hangover. A strange woman appears in his room and says he married her the night before. Just then, his fiancée and her mother arrive. Amidst the anger, Harry is arrested.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonMarceline DayFrank J. ColemanHarry and Marcie are on a train headed for a new job. There's comedy in the berths and during Harry's morning shave, then a thief steals the money Harry needed for his new job, so he must go back to being a beat cop and Marcie works as a seamstress. One evening she delivers a dress to a party and a Lothario asks the hostess to get Marcie to stay. Outside the same house, Harry the cop is investigating strange noises. Thieves, bombs, a wallet, a swimming pool, and misunderstandings figure in the luck of our foolish but winsome pair.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon DentHarry runs into his old Marine sergeant and is reminded of the rivalry they had for a girl while they were stationed in France.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonMarie AstaireVernon DentA meek man heads to the north woods to try his hand as a lumberjack and ends up at a wild west saloon as he woos a beautiful girl.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonFlorence LeeNatalie KingstonAs Harry has "cleaned up" on the football field and won the big game, Natalie's dad figured that he should do the same in the world of work before marrying his daughter. Harry's chance to prove himself comes with an "engineering" job with the city. But it's sanitary engineering, and while our street sweeping hero tries his best, he just can't avoid making enemies. When he stumbles into the midst of a lively Chinatown tong war, it's Harry's bravery that saves Natalie and wins the day.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonWilliam McCallIn Highland Park, it's Agnes Fisher and Harold Hope's wedding day. Mishaps almost keep them from getting hitched: he goes to the wrong church, then, one of the guests, Professor McGlumm, convinces him that the bride only wants him to collect his life insurance. Finally they marry and her family moves in with them. Harold is now convinced that he'll be poisoned at dinner. When further mishaps give him stomach problems, McGlumm rushes him toward the hospital. On the trip, all is revealed and it takes a bride's kiss to set things right.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonClair CushmanJean HathawayDetective Harry is on the trail of a stolen diamond necklace worth $100,000.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonEugenia GilbertChristian J. FrankA Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a three-star liner. Blackie Dawson, the uncrowned king of jewel thieves, and his accomplice Pearl Blackstone, have stolen a huge ruby. A detective is searching every cabin, so Blackie forces our young Scot to swallow the gem and, under threat of being shot, to stay mum. The detective is assisted by Flora Danube, a blue-eyed Bulgarian daisy who keeps those eyes open. To escape death, the young Scot disguises himself as a woman, but that draws a lot of attention; when his disguise is discovered, he must climb for his life. Is a European union in the offing?
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonVernon DentAnna DodgeHarry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon DentHarry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonAlice WardVernon DentHenpecked husband Harry is coerced by a good time pal to go on a clandestine double date. Of course, no good will come of this, as they encounter streetwalkers, bumpy roads, and a couple of toughs previously jilted by their dates.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon DentAfter the armistice, one U.S. soldier remains unaccounted for: he's wandering the fields of Bomania, hungry, thinking the war is still on. (He was in a German prison camp, escaping while his captors celebrated the Great War's end.) Turns out, he's the spitting image of Bomania's King Strudel. The prime minister wants Strudel to sign a peace treaty ending civil war with a cousin. Bomania's General Von Snootzer wants the war to continue, so he contrives to derail the treaty. Strudel is a drunk, his queen hates him. Into the mix stumbles our dough boy. If he can pass for the king, maybe the treaty can continue. But what of the queen and her plans?
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon DentLittle orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.
- DirectorF. Richard JonesHarry SweetStarsHarry LangdonAlice DayFrank J. ColemanA man saves his lady love from Black Mike then comes wedded bliss. He hires a cook, who's brusque, domineering, and constantly smoking a cigar. Out of the blue, the couple gets a visit from his old friend, Roland Stone, bluff and portly. Roland befriends our newly-wed's wife, and this friendship deepens after the husband hires a new cook, the lovely Miss Gainsborough, who gives her boss a little too much friendly attention. That night, a prowler skulks, Miss Gainsborough faints, the newly-wed husband comes to her rescue, and she grabs him and holds on. His wife is offended and determines to leave with Roland. Is the marriage over?
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsHarry LangdonThelma ToddEdgar KennedyHarry is trapped with a blonde in a burning building.
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsHarry LangdonThelma ToddEddie DunnHarry lands on an iceberg with his rival.
- DirectorCharley RogersFred GuiolStarsHarry LangdonMay WallaceTom RickettsHarry must pose as a woman to help the women he works for get a marriage proposal.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsHarry LangdonThelma ToddJudith BarrettHarry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.
- DirectorFred GuiolCharley RogersStarsHarry LangdonThelma ToddJudith BarrettHarry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.
- DirectorWarren DoaneStarsHarry LangdonEdgar KennedyJudith BarrettRevenuers have been chasing a gang of bootleggers for years. They're hot on the trail near a gas station operated by Harry, a seemingly slow witted fellow with a cheery and spunky girlfriend. A shootout between treasury agents and the gang - they transport the hooch in manikins seated in a touring car - takes place in front of Harry's filling station. While Harry's gal stays outside, Harry carries the liquor-filled dummies into the station. Will there be a reward for the heroics of Harry and his honey?
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsHarry LangdonThelma ToddNancy DrexelA timid man undergoes a personality change, and turns the tables on the people who've bullied him.
- DirectorJames W. HorneCharley RogersStarsHarry LangdonThelma ToddOtto FriesThe king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns, drilling his soldiers, and dallying with the wife of a new minister. The queen catches him kissing her, her husband figures out that something fishy is going on, and the king tries his best to proceed with his plans for a night out. The queen contrives to keep him cuffed in the bedroom: king, queen, minister, and coquette end up in a game of musical beds. Will his royal highness get his night out?
- StarsRobert ArkusCharles ChaplinBeth DanielsAn off-screen narrator and nine talking heads make the case for Harry Langdon being ranked just below Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd as a fine movie comedian. They celebrate his slowed-down style as original and, later, influential. They take issue with Frank Capra's assessment of Langdon's small talent and large ego, suggesting instead that the villain in Langdon's rapid fall may well have been his second wife. Langdon's story is told chronologically, with many clips from silent and sound films. The film celebrates his supporting roles and later writing credits as well as his earlier silent features.