{"id":23665,"date":"2012-02-03T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23665"},"modified":"2020-12-27T19:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T02:37:44","slug":"long-pants-1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23665","title":{"rendered":"Long Pants (1927)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, mother &#8212; those pants will never go to his head!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Poster.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young man (Harry Langdon) who has just been given his first pair of &#8220;long pants&#8221; fancies himself engaged to a vampish conwoman (Alma Bennett); after cruelly abandoning his local sweetheart (Priscilla Bonner) on their wedding day, he plots to help Bennett escape from prison.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Frank Capra Films<\/li>\n<li>Harry Langdon Films<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nHarry Langdon&#8217;s second film with director Frank Capra (after <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23642\"><em>The Strong Man<\/em><\/a>) is a sadly unsavory affair. One watches with the intention of simply enjoying baby-faced Langdon&#8217;s skillful slapstick maneuvers, but a central plot element &#8212; his desire to kill his fiancee (Bonner) after stupidly falling for a passing vamp &#8212; undoes whatever potential for humor the story may have had. Yes, Langdon&#8217;s characters were notoriously &#8220;dumb&#8221;, and this is what we&#8217;re supposed to have fun with &#8212; but homicidal? No, it just doesn&#8217;t fly. There are a couple of reasonably enjoyable comedic sequences (most notably one involving Langdon&#8217;s persistent attempt to convince a policeman-like ventriloquist&#8217;s dummy to come to his assistance), but overall, this one&#8217;s a dud. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some amusing slapstick sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick2.png 512w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Long-Pants-Slapstick2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Langdon fans. Listed as a film with Historical Importance (I&#8217;m not sure why) and a Personal Recommendation (really??) in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0018102\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, mother &#8212; those pants will never go to his head!&#8221; Synopsis: A young man (Harry Langdon) who has just been given his first pair of &#8220;long pants&#8221; fancies himself engaged to a vampish conwoman (Alma Bennett); after cruelly abandoning his local sweetheart (Priscilla Bonner) on their wedding day, he plots to help Bennett escape from prison. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Coming-of-Age Frank Capra Films Harry Langdon Films Silent Films Review: Harry Langdon&#8217;s second film with director&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23665\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23665"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60095,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23665\/revisions\/60095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}