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...Strong Man (Harry Langdon). With a facial muscle he can raise gales of laughter. The fact that pathos has been introduced into Harry Langdon's funny scenes does not lessen his effectiveness as a comedian. In this picture, he is captured during the World War by Herr Zandow, Germany's strong man. Later, in the U. S., he is forced to impersonate his powerful employer. Incidental complications lead him to clean up a wicked town, discover his sweetheart, emerge as the local police force. His gestures, glances, movements, daintily restrained, cause explosions of laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Sep. 20, 1926 | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

British artillerymen stationed at the summit of Langdon Stairs near Dover looked out to sea. They saw a snorting little tug-nothing unusual. But one keen-eyed soldier pointed to a tiny speck kicking up a faint spray. It must be another one of these channel swimmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fastest | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Harry Langdon). Frantic farce cannot be estimated in detail. Such a critique would simply be a catalogue of gags. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp is such a catalogue. It is one of those pictures in which a man gets into bed with an electric fan and emerges in a storm of feathers. There is a plot about a cross-country race to advertise a shoe store. Mr. Langdon is often funny. The picture is often funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jun. 7, 1926 | 6/7/1926 | See Source »

...Langdon Dearborn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: List of Collectors For Phillips Brooks House Text Book Loan Library to Make Rounds June 4 and 11 | 6/2/1926 | See Source »

...Oriental art at the Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. Dr. Horace Stimson of the Peter Beht Brigham Hospital, R. F. S. Starr, the photographer and Alan Priest '23, tutor in Fine Arts, and Daniel V. Thompson '22, also of the division of Fine Arts, were assisting in their various capacities. Langdon Warner '03, of the Fogg Museum had been delayed in Peking on other business for the college, but joined them some three days after they had been forced to retire from Tun Huang. Messrs. Jayne and Priest continued west to Urumchi the capital of Chinese Turkestan, where, after some delay, they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LANGDON WARNER WRITES ACCOUNT OF FOGG MUSEUM EXPEDITION TO CHINA | 5/13/1926 | See Source »

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