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Harry Langdon - The Forgotten Fourth Genius.

by alexanderdavies-99382 • Created 3 years ago • Modified 4 months ago
For a few years during the 1920s, film comedian Harry Langdon achieved success that was on a par with the big three of American film comedy - Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd. By the time Langdon passed away in 1944, he had faded into obscurity.
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  • Harry Langdon, Gertrude Astor, Priscilla Bonner, William V. Mong, Arthur Thalasso, and Helen Brent in The Strong Man (1926)

    1. The Strong Man

    19261h 15mPassed
    6.6 (1K)
    A 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 LangdonPriscilla BonnerGertrude Astor
  • Harry Langdon in Long Pants (1927)

    2. Long Pants

    19271h
    6.3 (607)
    Harry 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.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsHarry LangdonGladys BrockwellAlan Roscoe
  • Harry Langdon in Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)

    3. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    19261h 2mPassed
    6.3 (840)
    Low-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 LangdonJoan CrawfordEdwards Davis
  • Harry Langdon and Natalie Kingston in His First Flame (1927)

    4. His First Flame

    192748mPassed
    5.8 (191)
    A misogynist Fire chief counsels his nephew to avoid matrimony at all costs. Uhe love-struck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel.
    DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonRuth Hiatt
  • Three's a Crowd (1927)

    5. Three's a Crowd

    19271h
    6.1 (164)
    Harry, 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 McConnellCornelius Keefe
  • Harry Langdon in The Chaser (1928)

    6. The Chaser

    19281hPassed
    5.8 (138)
    A 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 LangdonStarsHarry LangdonGladys McConnellHelen Hayward
  • Harry Langdon and Doris Dawson in Heart Trouble (1928)

    7. Heart Trouble

    19281h
    Harry 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.
    DirectorsHarry LangdonArthur RipleyStarsHarry LangdonDoris DawsonLionel Belmore
  • Zenobia (1939)

    8. Zenobia

    19391h 13mApproved
    6.0 (705)
    A 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.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsOliver HardyHarry LangdonBillie Burke
  • Harry Langdon, Alice Day, and Madeline Hurlock in His New Mamma (1924)

    9. His New Mamma

    192420mShort
    5.8 (122)
    A 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?
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsHarry LangdonMadeline HurlockAndy Clyde
  • Harry Langdon, Mary Akin, Marceline Day, Dorothy Dorr, Evelyn Francisco, Eugenia Gilbert, Thelma Hill, Elsie Tarron, and Alberta Vaughn in Picking Peaches (1924)

    10. Picking Peaches

    192420mPassedShort
    6.2 (180)
    A shoe clerk steps out on his wife with a customer. His wife catches them at the beach and a beauty contest. Back at work, the pageant winner shows up for her prize. A trip to the hospital later, the clerk still has an eye for a peach.
    DirectorErle C. KentonStarsHarry LangdonAlberta VaughnEthel Teare
  • Harry Langdon, Jack Cooper, and Alberta Vaughn in Smile Please (1924)

    11. Smile Please

    192410mPassedShort
    5.7 (114)
    As both the local photographer and the sheriff, Harry must track down an arsonist and deal with his un-photogenic in-laws.
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsHarry LangdonAlberta VaughnJack Cooper
  • Harry Langdon, William Blaisdell, and Marceline Day in The Hansom Cabman (1924)

    12. The Hansom Cabman

    192420mShort
    6.7 (140)
    On 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 DayCharlotte Mineau
  • Harry Langdon, Louise Carver, Marceline Day, and Madeline Hurlock in The Luck o' the Foolish (1924)

    13. The Luck o' the Foolish

    192420mShort
    6.4 (139)
    Harry 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 LangdonMarceline DayFrank J. Coleman
  • Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, and Natalie Kingston in All Night Long (1924)

    14. All Night Long

    192419mPassedShort
    6.3 (169)
    Harry 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 LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon Dent
  • Boobs in the Wood (1925)

    15. Boobs in the Wood

    192520mPassedShort
    6.3 (91)
    A 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 LangdonMarie AstaireVernon Dent
  • Harry Langdon in Feet of Mud (1924)

    16. Feet of Mud

    192418mPassedShort
    6.6 (105)
    As 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 LangdonFlorence LeeNatalie Kingston
  • Harry Langdon and Natalie Kingston in His Marriage Wow (1925)

    17. His Marriage Wow

    192521mPassedShort
    6.6 (229)
    In 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 LangdonNatalie KingstonWilliam McCall
  • Harry Langdon, Clair Cushman, and Jean Hathaway in Plain Clothes (1925)

    18. Plain Clothes

    192520mShort
    6.5 (75)
    Detective Harry is on the trail of a stolen diamond necklace worth $100,000.
    DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonClair CushmanJean Hathaway
  • Harry Langdon in The Sea Squawk (1925)

    19. The Sea Squawk

    192519mShort
    6.6 (69)
    A 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 LangdonEugenia GilbertChristian J. Frank
  • Harry Langdon in Fiddlesticks (1927)

    20. Fiddlesticks

    192720mNot RatedShort
    6.3 (211)
    Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
    DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonVernon DentAnna Dodge
  • Harry Langdon in Lucky Stars (1925)

    21. Lucky Stars

    192520mShort
    6.1 (82)
    Harry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.
    DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon Dent
  • Harry Langdon in Saturday Afternoon (1926)

    22. Saturday Afternoon

    192630mPassedShort
    6.3 (368)
    Henpecked 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 LangdonAlice WardVernon Dent
  • Harry Langdon in Soldier Man (1926)

    23. Soldier Man

    192633mShort
    7.3 (103)
    After 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 Dent
  • Harry Langdon in Remember When? (1925)

    24. Remember When?

    192520mShort
    6.9 (79)
    Little orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.
    DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon Dent
  • Harry Langdon and Alice Day in The First 100 Years (1924)

    25. The First 100 Years

    192414mShort
    6.4 (142)
    A 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?
    DirectorsF. Richard JonesHarry SweetStarsHarry LangdonAlice DayFrank J. Coleman

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