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Talking Films in Which Harry Langdon Appears (A-H)
All-American Co-Ed
(rel. Oct. 13, 1941: Roach-United Artists feature; LeRoy Prinz, director): Harry persuades a girls' school to offer scholarships for beauty queens, but one of the winners is a guy.
Atlantic Adventure
(rel. Sept. 10, 1935: Columbia feature; Albert S. Rogell, director): Newspaper photographer Harry, sidekick to an obnoxious loudmouth, is stuck with him on an ocean liner crawling with thieves and killers.
The Big Flash
(rel. Nov. 6, 1932: Educational-Fox short; Arvid E. Gillstrom, director): As a newspaper reporter/photographer team, Vernon Dent and Harry must get the goods on a crook. Harry reprises his efforts to get a cop to chase him from Long Pants.
The Big Kick
(rel. March 29, 1930: Roach-MGM short; Warren Doane, director): Gas-station proprietor Harry and girlfriend Nancy Dover use their wits (anyway, Nancy does) to defeat bootleggers.
A Blitz on the Fritz
(rel. Jan 22, 1943: Columbia short; Jules White, director): Harry, intent on helping out on the home front, nabs a Nazi spy ring led by Vernon Dent.
Block Busters
(rel. Aug. 15, 1944: Monogram feature; Wallace Fox, director): An East Side Kids film. 'Nuff said?
Blonde and Groom
(rel. April 16, 1943: Columbia short; Harry Edwards, director; story and screenplay, Harry Langdon): In trouble with his wife and another woman's boyfriend, Harry tries to allay suspicion by giving blood till it hurts.
Carry Harry
(rel. Sept. 3, 1942: Columbia short; Harry Edwards, director): Harry tries to hide from his jealous fiancée in an apartment occupied by two women; one is Elsie Ames. Harry reprises the smashup of the palm-reader's window from Three's a Crowd.
Circus Hoodoo
(rel. Feb. 16, 1934: Paramount short; Arvid E. Gillstrom, director): Harry and Vern hide from thugs in a circus (source: V. Schonert).
Cold Turkey
(rel. Oct. 18, 1940: Columbia short; Del Lord, director): Harry wins a live turkey in the office pool; wife Ann Doran doesn't appreciate the prize.
Counsel on De Fence
(rel. Oct. 25, 1934: Columbia short; Arthur Ripley, director): Lawyer Harry reprises the dummy-cop-on-a-crate bit from Long Pants, then gets his very guilty client freed by drinking poison.
Defective Detectives
(rel. April 3, 1944: Columbia short; Harry Edwards, director): Dumb dicks Harry and partner El Brendel mistake the clients for the crooks.
A Doggone Mixup
[aka, No Sales Resistance] (rel. Feb. 4, 1938: Columbia short; Charles Lamont, director): Harry finds a dog to go with the collar he bought, but wife Ann Doran thinks it was no bargain.
Double Trouble
(rel. Nov. 17, 1941: Monogram feature; William West, director; original story, Harry Langdon, according to Rheuban): Harry and his "twin brother" (Charlie Rogers) accidentally lose a valuable necklace in a can of beans and mount a desperate search for it.
El Estaccion de Gasolina
(ca. March 1930: Roach/MGM short; Warren Doane, director): Spanish-language version of The Big Kick.
Fashions of 1942
(1942: soundie, per Wm. Schelly): This 10-min. arcade short includes Langdon singing "Beautiful Girls Make Beautiful Clothes."
The Fighting Parson
(rel. Feb. 22, 1930: Roach-MGM short; Charles Rogers and Fred Guiol, directors): Itinerant musician Harry, mistaken for a crusading clergyman, winds up in the weirdest boxing match ever seen.
Goodness! a Ghost
(rel. March 8, 1940: RKO short; Harry D'Arcy, director; screenplay, Harry Langdon): The ghost of Harry's grandfather guides him when he puts the old man's police uniform on for a play.
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum!
(rel. Jan. 27, 1933: United Artists feature; Lewis Milestone, director): Langdon's not the star, but he's superb as Egghead, the socialist garbage-picker. (British title, Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp!)
"Harry Langdon Announcement"
(ca. June 1929; Roach-MGM): This short promotional trailer, shown to executives to tout Langdon's signing with Hal Roach, introduces a talking Langdon; also featured are Thelma Todd and Eddie Dunn. It was shown at the Syracuse, N.Y., Cinefest in 1997. [See "Wild about Harry!" 1(3):52.]
The Head Guy
(rel. Jan. 11, 1930: Roach-MGM short; Fred Guiol, director): When Harry is left in charge of a train station, a traveling song-and-dance troupe takes over.
He Loved an Actress
(rel. April 11, 1938: Biltmore/Grand National feature; Melville Brown, director): In a minor role, Harry helps two fast-talking film makers launch a singer's career. (Brit. title, Mad about Money, 1939; also called Stardust, per Eyquem)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
(rel. July 23, 1943: Columbia short; Jules White, director): On the newspaper's front page, Harry's photo is switched with that lunatic Mr. Zerk; eventually, the two must meet.
His Bridal Sweet
(rel. March 15, 1935: Columbia short; Alf Goulding, director): Harry and his bride spend their wedding night in separate rooms at a quarantined house; Harry bunks with Billy Gilbert. [See "Wild!" 1(2):38]
His Marriage Mix-up
(rel. Oct. 31, 1935: Columbia short; Preston Black, director): Harry meets an ax murderess (source: L. Maltin)
The Hitchhiker
(rel. Feb. 12, 1933: Educational-Fox short; Arvid E. Gillstrom, director): Harry breaks up shooting on a movie, then reprises his "cold" routine from The Strong Man.
Hooks and Jabs
(rel. Aug. 25, 1933: Educational-Fox short; Arvid E. Gillstrom, director): Harry celebrates the end of Prohibition by knocking out a boxing champ, then helps moral crusader Nell O'Day.
Hot Rhythm
(rel. March 14, 1944: Monogram feature; William Beaudine, director): Harry's a recording-studio exec. Irene Ryan (future Beverly Hillbillies "Granny") gets most of the gags, but Langdon's frantic sound effects for a radio commercial ("Listen to it fizz!") are terrific.
Hotter than Hot
(rel. Aug. 17, 1929: Roach-MGM short; Lewis R. Foster, director): Harry has a message for Thelma Todd, but she's using him to send her own kind of message. [See "Wild!" 1(3):53.]
House of Errors
(rel. March 26, 1942: PRC feature; Bernard B. Ray, director; original story, Harry Langdon): Harry and Charlie Rogers pose as servants to get the scoop on an inventor's new machine-gun.
