Post by dash on Dec 25, 2015 19:14:12 GMT
On the recommendation of Lea at the Silentology blog, I watched Harry Langdon's 1927 film Three's a Crowd. Has anyone else seen that one? It is not set at Christmastime, per se, but is set in the winter and does have a Christmas-y feeling of love and sacrifice. Harry takes in a unconscious pregnant woman he finds in the snow and befriends her. Shortly after she gives birth. In the process of caring for the woman and baby, he comes to love them and hopes they will become his family. Sadly, it doesn't work out that way, and so has a bittersweet ending, but it is still somehow gently uplifting. I found it to be a very poignant and enjoyable little film.
I read a lot of very positive and very negative reviews of Three's a Crowd, which seems to be the case with Harry Langdon in general. He's always been one of my favorites. What do other silent film peeps here think of Langdon?
I read a lot of very positive and very negative reviews of Three's a Crowd, which seems to be the case with Harry Langdon in general. He's always been one of my favorites. What do other silent film peeps here think of Langdon?
