The Picture Show Annual (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1928
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
The Picture Show Annual (1928)
Leaf #:
00062
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book, Global Cinema, and United Kingdom
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
January 01, 1000
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52 Picture Show Annual Harry Langdon, once hailed as the greatest comedian since Charlie Chaplin, is a bit of a mystery. When he is good he is very good indeed, but he has been a bit too patchy in some of his pictures. But there is no doubt that Langdon has a great gift for comedy, and one day, I feel certain, he will make a sensational success, and it may be before these lines are read by the public. Long and Short are a couple of comical comedians Long and Shorl. two new comedians from Dcnmar^. Syd Chaplin in his great success as Old Bill in " The Better Ole. from Denmark who are com- paratively new to British screen audiences. Like most Continental comedians they rely chiefly on the grotesque to get their laughs, but at the same time they possess a real sense of humour and are not de- pendent on purely mechanical gags. Certainly they have a style of their own, and one of their greatest assets is to take off a pompous person by ridiculous imitations of his vanities and personal failings. The' picture going public have reason to be thankful to these men who created new styles of comedy, for they had to fight hard and risk their living to get their own wav. E. W.