Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.Harry is made the temporary stationmaster in a small town.
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Judith Barrett
- Nancy
- (as Nancy Dover)
Billy Engle
- Assistant
- (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
- Station Master Kennedy
- (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
- Uncle
- (uncredited)
Bob Minford
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Iris Nicholson
- Dancing Girl
- (uncredited)
Bob O'Connor
- O'Conor, Violinist
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Langdon's second chance.
After a decline in Harry Langdon's career at the end of the silent period, the advent of sound gave him an opportunity to prove himself in a new medium. The shorts he made for Hal Roach feature essentially the very same character that had been silent since the mid-Twenties, now given voice. Langdon would have to alter himself in order to survive on-screen, and he eventually did. (Witness his understated performance in MISBEHAVING HUSBANDS.) These Roach films capture a moment in time that is both awkward and exciting, and in this particular short, even more dream-like. Here, the slow pacing of the new sound environment works for the character, and is as surreal as the likelihood that he would be appointed head guy in the absence of any real authority figure. I recommend it as I would most any Roach film from the same period.
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- joemigliore
- Oct 8, 2001
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- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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