Tramp, Tramp, Tramp is an American

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 comedy

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 silent film

Silent film

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 directed by Harry Edwards. It features Harry Langdon

Harry Langdon

Harry Philmore Langdon was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films , and talkies. He was briefly partnered with Oliver Hardy.-Life and career:...

 and Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....

.

Plot

The film tells of Harry (Langdon) a ne'er-do-well who falls in love with Betty (Crawford). Harry participates in a cross country

Cross country running

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 foot race hoping to win prize money in hopes of marrying her.

Cast

• Harry Langdon
  Harry Langdon
  Harry Philmore Langdon was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films , and talkies. He was briefly partnered with Oliver Hardy.-Life and career:...
  
   as Harry
• Joan Crawford
  Joan Crawford
  Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....
  
   as Betty Burton
• Edwards Davis as John Burton
• Tom Murray as Nick Kargas
• Alec B. Francis
  Alec B. Francis
  Alec B. Francis was an English actor, largely of the silent era. He appeared in 241 films between 1911 and 1934.He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Amos Logan
• Brooks Benedict as Taxi Driver

Critical reception

In a recent review of the film, critic Maria Schneider wrote, "Langdon was most often cast as an oblivious innocent adrift in a corrupt world, a formula that made him terrifically popular in the mid-1920s...An acquired taste, Harry Langdon's gentle absurdities and slow rhythms take some getting used to, but patient viewers will be rewarded."

The staff at TV Guide

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gave the film a mixed review, writing, "An amusing and sunny outdoor comedy, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp seems weak only in comparison with Langdon's next feature, The Strong Man (1926), a much richer blend of laughs, thrills, and tears. Among the earlier film's deficiencies is an anemic story. The bulk of the movie is devoted to little more than a succession of pickles Harry gets himself into on his way west. Nothing is made of the fact that the Logans' landlord and the world walking champion are the same man. (If one isn't paying close attention, one may not be sure that they are the same man.) And someone should have thought up a more humorous or exciting way for Harry to win the marathon; a viewer's reconstruction of the script would simply note that 'Harry wins the race.'"

External links

• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp at Film Society of Lincoln Center
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp at the Joan Crawford Encyclopedia
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp intertitles at intertitle-o-rama.
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp film clip at You Tube
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp film at MeFeedia