Harry Langdon films

 

SURVIVING HARRY LANGDON FILMS

Below is the clearest breakdown by era.

⭐ PRINCIPAL PICTURES / MACK SENNETT SHORTS (1923–1925)

Most survive. These are the films that built Langdon’s “wide‑eyed innocent” persona.

Surviving titles include:

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• Fiddlesticks (1924)

• Smile Please (1924)

• Plain Clothes (1925)

• Boobs in the Wood (1925)

• His First Flame (1927 release, but shot during this period)

Partially surviving / fragmentary: A few early Sennett shorts exist only in incomplete prints.

⭐ THE GREAT SILENT FEATURES (ALL SURVIVE)

These are the films that made Langdon one of the “Big Four” of silent comedy.

• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)

• The Strong Man (1926)

• Long Pants (1927)

• Three’s a Crowd (1927)

• The Chaser (1928)

• Heart Trouble (1928) — long considered lost; a print surfaced in 2023 and survives

All are extant today.

⭐ LATE SILENT & EARLY SOUND SHORTS (1929–1933)

Most survive, including:

• The Head Guy (1930)

• The Fighting Parson (1930)

• The Big Kick (1930)

• The Shrimp (1930)

• The King (1930)

• The Fighting Fool (1932)

• The Big Flash (1932)

These shorts were produced for Hal Roach, Educational Pictures, and others.

⭐ FEATURES & APPEARANCES IN THE SOUND ERA (ALL SURVIVE)

Langdon continued working steadily in the 1930s–40s.

Surviving titles include:

• A Soldier’s Plaything (1930)

• Hallelujah, I’m a Bum (1933)

• Zenobia (1939, with Oliver Hardy)

• Misbehaving Husbands (1941)

• All‑American Co‑Ed (1941)

• House of Errors (1942)

• Swingin’ on a Rainbow (1945, posthumous release)

He also appears in many compilation films (The Golden Age of Comedy, When Comedy Was King, etc.), all of which survive.

⭐ SUMMARY

• All major Harry Langdon features survive, including The Strong Man and Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.

• Most shorts survive, though a few early Sennett titles are incomplete or lost.

• All sound‑era features and shorts survive.