This isn't a bad comedy short, though the style seems to be a little more like a Three Stooges or even Laurel and Hardy short than a Langdon one, as there is more action and the character Harry plays isn't much like the one he played in silent days. Like many of the Stooges' films, Vernon Dent is on hand to act along side Langdon. Dent actually made tons of Langdon films in the 20s and 30s before he worked with the Stooges, but here the chemistry between Dent and Langdon is unusual--not bad, just unusual compared to their other films. Dent and Langdon play more like a team--Harry is not his usual solo star.
Dent is in trouble with his boss at the newspaper and the boss demands photos to impress the readers. However, Dent can give him nothing. On a lark, he asks Langdon (who is NOT one of the paper's photographers) to come along and help him get a story and pictures about a local gangster's girlfriend. Oddly, when the portly Dent and the mouse of a man Langdon arrive, the lady and her friend attack them with kisses. Wow, these ladies must be really desperate!! When the gang returns, Dent and Langdon make their escape in a rather funny fashion (along with an interesting transition to the next scene).
Later, the paper gets a tip that a robbery is about to occur, so they send these two knuckleheads to cover the action. You'd think with such a big story they'd have someone better on hand to cover it! Maybe they just thought they were expendable. Regardless, Harry is caught in the middle of a rather stupid gun fight but miraculously at the end, he's not only captured the crook but gets the girl and the reward! Reasonably well made, but far from subtle. This is worth seeing but don't expect much of the old Harry Langdon style or magic.
Dent is in trouble with his boss at the newspaper and the boss demands photos to impress the readers. However, Dent can give him nothing. On a lark, he asks Langdon (who is NOT one of the paper's photographers) to come along and help him get a story and pictures about a local gangster's girlfriend. Oddly, when the portly Dent and the mouse of a man Langdon arrive, the lady and her friend attack them with kisses. Wow, these ladies must be really desperate!! When the gang returns, Dent and Langdon make their escape in a rather funny fashion (along with an interesting transition to the next scene).
Later, the paper gets a tip that a robbery is about to occur, so they send these two knuckleheads to cover the action. You'd think with such a big story they'd have someone better on hand to cover it! Maybe they just thought they were expendable. Regardless, Harry is caught in the middle of a rather stupid gun fight but miraculously at the end, he's not only captured the crook but gets the girl and the reward! Reasonably well made, but far from subtle. This is worth seeing but don't expect much of the old Harry Langdon style or magic.