Langdon's ability in talking pictures always surprises me, especially his Columbia shorts. I'd be real curious to know what his Roach shorts were like.
Amazing how Keaton, Langdon & Chase were all doing stuff at Columbia. Heard when Langdon came over to Columbia, Keaton & he were reminiscing so much, Jules White had to chase Langdon off Keaton's set. This by Harry Langdon, Jr...big shot photographer in LA...
I wish they would put all these columbia shorts on dvd they're very interesting to see all the actors who appeared with the stooges appear with other comedy greats
This wasn't bad. From what I have read about Harry Langdon, he was awful in sound movies. In this short, He kinda reminds me of Stan Laurel a little bit, both in face and body language.
Man, Columbia had the Stooges, Langdon and Keaton all around the same time and being directed by the same people. They should have put them all in films together.
@LTopomcFly - Agreed about them all being at Columbia at around the same time, but I think putting them all in the same films wouldn't have been a good idea. They had radically different styles, and they would have clashed so much it might have made for something pretty bad. BTW, when I was a kid, they used to show a lot of Harry Langdon shorts on TV (along with Charley Chase and some others you don't see anymore).
Langdon was one of the great silent comedy stars of his generation, with Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and Charley Chase. But he never successfully made the transition to sound, even though he appeared in dozens of comedy shorts from 1929 through his death in 1944 [the last were released in early 1945]. He was a staff writer for Hal Roach, and "co-starred" with Oliver Hardy in "Zenobia" (1939). By the time this one was released in 1940, he was starring in a series of two-reelers for Columbia.
Langdon's ability in talking pictures always surprises me, especially his Columbia shorts. I'd be real curious to know what his Roach shorts were like.
natethefighter 4 months ago
Wonderful Harry Langdon film. One of my very favorites. Harry's got one more fan rooting for a Columbia DVD collection!
franpancheta 1 year ago
@franpancheta ma cè DVD collection d HARRY LANGDON wuaoooooooooooooo dv poss trovarli?
SilviaCamerata 1 year ago
@jakestooge Yep! It was the one with ghosts...made my day when I heard that they connected!!!
TheVirajster 1 year ago
Amazing how Keaton, Langdon & Chase were all doing stuff at Columbia. Heard when Langdon came over to Columbia, Keaton & he were reminiscing so much, Jules White had to chase Langdon off Keaton's set. This by Harry Langdon, Jr...big shot photographer in LA...
TheVirajster 1 year ago
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jakestooge34 1 year ago
Langdon was great in this....better than his Educational stuff. MORE!!!
TheVirajster 1 year ago
Thanks so much for uploading this short, I'd love to see all these on DVD, GO HARRY GO!
TheSilentComedian 1 year ago
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jakestooge34 1 year ago
I wish they would put all these columbia shorts on dvd they're very interesting to see all the actors who appeared with the stooges appear with other comedy greats
spumpkins33 1 year ago
I wish all of Langdon's shorts for Educational and Columbia would be released on DVD.
Iguana56 1 year ago 2
at 6:45: Nice to see that the cop respected the black lady and her situation. In earlier years they may have arrested HER, rather than Langdon!
WSenator1 1 year ago
Most people remember Vernon Dent from being in the Three Stooges movies, but before that, in silent films, he was Harry Langdon's costar.
WSenator1 1 year ago
This wasn't bad. From what I have read about Harry Langdon, he was awful in sound movies. In this short, He kinda reminds me of Stan Laurel a little bit, both in face and body language.
WSenator1 1 year ago
Harry is funny, but Harold Lloyd is the BEST.
EmpressofUsa 1 year ago
Man, Columbia had the Stooges, Langdon and Keaton all around the same time and being directed by the same people. They should have put them all in films together.
LTopomcFly 2 years ago
@LTopomcFly - Agreed about them all being at Columbia at around the same time, but I think putting them all in the same films wouldn't have been a good idea. They had radically different styles, and they would have clashed so much it might have made for something pretty bad. BTW, when I was a kid, they used to show a lot of Harry Langdon shorts on TV (along with Charley Chase and some others you don't see anymore).
WSenator1 1 year ago
I love the part when Harry gets drunk! "Whoopee!"
mjbari3 2 years ago
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jakestooge34 2 years ago
@jakestooge34 - He was also part of a Columbia comedy team, with Tom Kennedy, in the 30s, I believe.
WSenator1 1 year ago
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jakestooge34 1 year ago
Langdon was one of the great silent comedy stars of his generation, with Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and Charley Chase. But he never successfully made the transition to sound, even though he appeared in dozens of comedy shorts from 1929 through his death in 1944 [the last were released in early 1945]. He was a staff writer for Hal Roach, and "co-starred" with Oliver Hardy in "Zenobia" (1939). By the time this one was released in 1940, he was starring in a series of two-reelers for Columbia.
fromthesidelines 2 years ago 2