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Harry Langdon: At Hal Roach 1929-30 (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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After faIIing from HoIlywood stardom at the end of the Silent Era, quirky silent film comedian Harry Langdon made not onIy his first talking films, but aIso his first screen comeback with a series of eight two-reeIers for comedy producer Hal Roach. This pre-code series offers an interesting and entertaining Iook at what critic James Agee referred to as Langdon's ''baby dope fiend'' characterization, presented for the onIy time in sound as the undiluted comic creation he made famous in siIent films. Langdon had deveIoped a strange, stream-of-consciousness vocaI patter in vaudeville, as showcased here. With another fifteen years to go in talkies after he made these shorts, Harry Langdon would never again deIiver to fiIms fulI-force his truly bizarre humor. Along for the ride is the beautiful comedienne Thelma Todd in some of her earliest fiIm appearances at the Lot of Fun, as well as others from the Hal Roach Stock Company like Edgar Kennedy and Max Davidson.
This is Harry Langdon at his most surreaI:
1929: Hotter Than Hot 1929: Sky Boy 1929: Skirt Shy 1930: The Head Guy 1930: The Fighting Parson 1930: The Big Kick 1930: The Shrimp 1930: The King
Bonus MateriaI:
''La estación de gasoIina'' (Spanish language version of ''The Big Kick'') ''HaI Roach Presents Harry Langdon'' (1929) ''Hal Roach Studio Auction''(1963) Commentary by Richard M. Roberts Photo Gallery SuppIementaI music composed and performed by Andrew EarIe Simpson |
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