Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

{{short description|1926 film by Frank Capra}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

| image = Tramp, Tramp, Tramp ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1926 (page 830 crop).jpg

| caption = Ad in The Film Daily, 1926

| director = Harry Edwards

| producer = Harry Langdon

| writer = Frank Capra

| narrator =

| starring = Harry Langdon
Joan Crawford

| music =

| cinematography = Elgin Lessley
George Spear

| editing =

| studio = Harry Langdon Corporation

| distributor = First National Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1926|3|21|United States}}

| runtime = 62 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Edwards and starring Harry Langdon and Joan Crawford.{{IMDb title|id=0017483|title=Tramp, Tramp, Tramp}}.

Plot

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Harry is a ne'er-do-well who falls in love with Betty, a girl on a billboard.{{cite book |title=The Films of Joan Crawford, First Edition|last=Quirk |first=Lawrence J. |authorlink=Lawrence J. Quirk |year=1968 |publisher=Cadillac Publishing Co., Inc., New York |page=39}} Harry participates in a cross country foot race hoping to win prize money in hopes of marrying her.

Harry wins the race when a tornado strikes near the finish line. Harry is so innocently oblivious to it that he simply walks through the disaster while the other contestants run for cover.

Cast

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Critical reception

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In a recent review of the 1926 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."[http://www.avclub.com/content/node/3122 Schneider, Maria]. The Onion, review, March 29, 2002. Last accessed: January 28, 2008.

The staff at TV Guide 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.'"[http://www.tvguide.com/movies/tramp-tramp-tramp/review/133103 TV Guide]. Film review, 2008.

See also

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