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Other Films of Interest
Anthologies and Guest Appearances
30 Years of Fun (1963, 20th-Century Fox: Robert Youngson, director): Shows Harry as the photographer in Smile Please.
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961, 20th-Century Fox: Robert Youngson, director): Includes footage from Langdon's All Night Long.
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957, 20th-Century Fox: Robert Youngson, director): Shows Harry
in scenes from Luck o' the Foolish.
Hollywood on Parade (1933: Paramount): Harry appears near the end of a golfing skit that involves Viola Dana, her golfer husband, and Bing Crosby. (I lack release date, production number, etc.)
Screen Snapshots (1928, silent, per E. Watz 1976; no further identifying data): Langdon gets chased off a golf course by a ball with a mind of its own.
The Sound of Laughter (1963, Union Films: John O'Shaugnessy, director): Publicity materials feature scenes from a talkie short, The Hitchhiker.
Voice of Hollywood (1929, per E. Watz 1976, no further identifying data): Langdon does a comic monologue in this, his supposed talking-film debut. (Commercial debut, at least; the "Harry Langdon Announcement" may have been produced first, but ordinary moviegoers would not have seen it.)
When Comedy Was King (1960, 20th-Century Fox: Robert Youngson, director): Shows an appreciable portion of Langdon's The First Hundred Years.
Films to Which Harry Contributed, But Off-Screen
Blockheads (rel. Aug. 19, 1938:
Roach-MGM; John G. Blystone, director; story and screenplay credits include
Mr. Langdon et al.): Cast includes Laurel and Hardy, Billy Gilbert, James
Finlayson.
Bride by Mistake (1944, RKO): William Schelly has claimed that Mr. Langdon was not given credit for contributing gags to this picture.
A Chump at Oxford (rel. Feb. 20, 1940: Roach-United Artists; Alf Goulding, director; story and screenplay credits include Mr. Langdon et al.). Cast includes Laurel and Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall, and Peter Cushing.
The Flying Deuces (rel. Oct. 10, 1939: RKO; A. Edward Sutherland, director; story and screenplay credits include Mr. Langdon et al.). Cast includes Laurel and Hardy and James Finlayson.
Road Show (rel. Feb. 20, 1941: Roach-United Artists; Hal Roach, director; screenplay credits include Mr. Langdon et al.). Cast includes Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, and Patsy Kelly.
Saps at Sea (rel. May 3, 1940: Roach-United Artists; Gordon Douglas, director; story and screenplay credits include Mr. Langdon et al.). Cast includes Laurel and Hardy, James Finlayson, Ben Turpin, and Harry Bernard.
Wise Guys (rel. Aug. 1937: Fox-British; Harry Langdon, director). According to Joyce Rheuban, this is a "comedy Langdon directed while in England from December 1936 to April 1937."
Ringers, Occasionally Cited as Langdon Films
Leave It to Dad (1933, per Eyquem and Schonert: Educational; Harry Edwards, director): Leonard Maltin (1972) says Leave It to Dad was made by Educational's Mermaid unit, which produced Langdon's films, but Harry does not appear in the film.
The Mastery Mystery (1918 [!]): Evelyn Truitt is the only authority I know of who puts Harry Langdon in a film before 1923; very improbable! The film is more likely The Master Mystery (Octagon Films, 1919), a serial that included Harry Houdini, not Harry Langdon, in the cast.
No Sleep on the Deep (1934, per Eyquem and Schonert: Educational; Charles Lamont, director): Not a Langdon film; cast includes Betty Compson, Robert Warwick, Dorothy Sebastian, and Don Alvarado. [See "Wild about Harry!" 1(2):40-41.]
Pop's Pal (1933, per Eyquem and Schonert: Educational; Harry Edwards, director): Not a Langdon film; cast includes Lloyd Hamilton, Billy Bevan, and George Bickel [See "Wild about Harry!" 1(2):40-41.]
Trimmed in Furs (released Jan. 5, 1934, per Schonert '67, Maltin '72, Schelly '82: Educational; Charles Lamont, director): Not a Langdon film; cast includes Louise Keaton and John Sheehan. [See "Wild about Harry!" 1(2):40-41.]
