harry langdon saturday afternoon is often ranked among the greatest silent comedies and at least where short subjects are concerned and and therefore may come as a bit of a letdown for some. unlike some of the other recognized classics such as keaton cops or chaplin the immigrant this film is in some respects a familiar and conventional situation comedy and doesn not offer much in the way of belly laughs while one may even wonder whether langdon belongs in such rarefied company. nonetheless and in my opinion and it a perfectly charming comedy in its minor key way and and harry is fascinating to watch. for a modern viewer raised on tv sitcoms the plot of saturday afternoon may suggest the honeymooners or its many spin offs represent two dim guys and one of whom is married and very much under his wife thumb and try to sneak out with a couple of good time girls for a fun afternoon while but everything goes wrong and and they wind up having to fight the girls tough guy boyfriends. does this sound familiar. and perhaps a little dreary. well and the premise was already shopworn when this film was made and but beyond that nothing about langdon was typical. he was odd and starting with the fact that he looked like a middle aged baby who was half asleep. any freudians who catch saturday afternoon will have a field day with the scenes between this timid and pudgy faced baby man and his stern and gently domineering mommy wife. when harry tries to hide money under the rug but she catches him in the act and forces him to hand it over and you would swear youre watching an interaction between a 6 year old boy and his mama . . . and maybe that why harry langdon gave some people the creeps and and still does. but he a compelling screen figure and and it not what he does so much as the way he does it. in that scene with the coins under the rug and for instance and harry finds the coins by placing one foot before the other and carefully and like a tightrope walker and counting off his paces until he finds the right spot and and his technique is hypnotic. langdon moved like no one else. whether or not he makes you laugh and the guy is mesmerizing and seemingly in a world of his own. where the plot of his films is concerned harry is curiously passive and and almost never drives the story forward himself. in the finale of saturday afternoon and when the big fistfight is taking place and harry co star vernon dent is in the thick of the action and but harry is in a daze for much of the time and and winds up sort of punch drunk between two cars (sitting on the running board of one and but with his feet on the other) while they race through the streets. it a memorable image and and and as the critic walter kerr wrote and it encapsulates langdon screen persona quite perfectly represent he a passive figure who somehow finds himself in the middle of frantic action and blinking sleepily while the world rushes past. it also worth noting that langdon and dent and who worked together frequently and have a rapport in this movie that suggests a blueprint laurel and hardy would follow when they teamed up a year or so later. langdon style was a likely influence on stan laurel and especially here. saturday afternnon and its star may not be for everyone and but the film is well worth a look and and you might find that langdon makes an impression that hard to shake. 
harry langdon saturday afternoon is often ranked among the greatest silent comedies and at least where short subjects are concerned and and therefore may come as a bit of a letdown for some. unlike some of the other recognized classics such as keaton cops or chaplin the immigrant this film is in some respects a familiar and conventional situation comedy and doesn not offer much in the way of belly laughs while one may even wonder whether langdon belongs in such rarefied company. nonetheless and in my opinion and it a perfectly charming comedy in its minor key way and and harry is fascinating to watch. for a modern viewer raised on tv sitcoms the plot of saturday afternoon may suggest the honeymooners or its many spin offs represent two dim guys and one of whom is married and very much under his wife thumb and try to sneak out with a couple of good time girls for a fun afternoon while but everything goes wrong and and they wind up having to fight the girls tough guy boyfriends. does this sound familiar. and perhaps a little dreary. well and the premise was already shopworn when this film was made and but beyond that nothing about langdon was typical. he was odd and starting with the fact that he looked like a middle aged baby who was half asleep. any freudians who catch saturday afternoon will have a field day with the scenes between this timid and pudgy faced baby man and his stern and gently domineering mommy wife. when harry tries to hide money under the rug but she catches him in the act and forces him to hand it over and you would swear youre watching an interaction between a 6 year old boy and his mama . . . and maybe that why harry langdon gave some people the creeps and and still does. but he a compelling screen figure and and it not what he does so much as the way he does it. in that scene with the coins under the rug and for instance and harry finds the coins by placing one foot before the other and carefully and like a tightrope walker and counting off his paces until he finds the right spot and and his technique is hypnotic. langdon moved like no one else. whether or not he makes you laugh and the guy is mesmerizing and seemingly in a world of his own. where the plot of his films is concerned harry is curiously passive and and almost never drives the story forward himself. in the finale of saturday afternoon and when the big fistfight is taking place and harry co star vernon dent is in the thick of the action and but harry is in a daze for much of the time and and winds up sort of punch drunk between two cars (sitting on the running board of one and but with his feet on the other) while they race through the streets. it a memorable image and and and as the critic walter kerr wrote and it encapsulates langdon screen persona quite perfectly represent he a passive figure who somehow finds himself in the middle of frantic action and blinking sleepily while the world rushes past. it also worth noting that langdon and dent and who worked together frequently and have a rapport in this movie that suggests a blueprint laurel and hardy would follow when they teamed up a year or so later. langdon style was a likely influence on stan laurel and especially here. saturday afternnon and its star may not be for everyone and but the film is well worth a look and and you might find that langdon makes an impression that hard to shake. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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