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  Gertrude Astor and Harry Langdon.
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The Strong Man
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Frank Capra

Cast: Harry Langdon [Paul Bergot], Priscilla Bonner [Mary Brown], Gertrude Astor [‘Lily of Broadway’], William V. Mong [‘Holy Joe’], Robert McKim [Mike McDevitt], Arthur Thalasso [Zandow the Great]; Brooks Benedict [bus passenger]

Harry Langdon Corporation production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Scenario by Arthur Ripley, from an adaptation by Tim Whelan, Tay Garnett, James Langdon and Hal Conklin + [Robert Eddy and Clarence Hennecke]. Production management by William H. Jenner. Art direction by Lloyd Brierly. Electrical effects by Denver Harmon. Assistant director, Clarence Hennecke [?] and/or J. Frank Holliday? Cinematography by Elgin Lessley and Glenn Kershner. Film editor, Harold Young. Intertitles written by Reed Heustis. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 1926 by First National Pictures, Incorporated. Released 19 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Yes Man. Langdon’s second feature. [?] McBride-Capra p. 722 lists the release date as 5 September 1926. [?] Modern film credits list J. Frank Holliday as the assistant director.

Comedy.

Synopsis: A Belgian soldier travels to the United States to seek his female American pen pal.

Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Barrels - Belgians - Belgium - Letters - Theaters: Audiences, Vaudeville - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918) - Weapons: Bayonets, Cannons, Guns, Machine guns

Listing updated: 25 August 2023.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Bohn-Light p. 105; Brownlow-Parade pp. 437, 439; Everson-American pp. 276, 277, 280; Kerr-Silent pp. 263, 265, 276-278, 285; Limbacher-Feature p. 237; Maltin-Selected p. 68; McBride-Capra p. 722; Poague-Capra pp. 81, 86, 89, 105, 122-124, 125, 126-128, 130, 135, 137, 169, 191, 231, 236; Schelly-Langdon pp. vii, 68-77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 89, 111, 113, 123, 126, 165, 166, 167, 174, 175, 210, 220; Sinyard-Silent pp. 49, 51; Sklar-Movie p. 206; Skretvedt-Magic p. 443; Vermilye-Twenties p. 22.

Home video: DVD.

 
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