HIS FIRST FLAME
Starring Harry Langdon
HARRISON'S REPORTS
May 14, 1927
Not up to the standard of Harry Langdon's best pictures. It is farce comedy, consisting mostly of the sort of slapstick fun one looks for in Mack Sennett two-reelers. The first part of the film is slow but it speeds up in the second half; Harry Langdon puts over a lot of gags that are funny, if not very original, and that will amuse those who are not too critical. There is nothing to the plot; it simply serves the purpose of showing how the hero gets consantly into trouble and makes fresh blunders.
Harry Langdon's pantomime is good; Ruth Hiatt is a capable heroine. the plot is taken from a story by Arthur Ripley and Frank Capra. Harry Edwards directed the picture.
It is not a week-run attraction, but will proably amuse audiences in the smaller houses.
HIS FIRST FLAME
Starring Harry Langdon
PHOTOPLAY
July 1927
This is Harry Langdon's first feature length comedy, and for reasons best known to Harry's former money-making employers, it has just been released. It was made about two years ago, and the improvements in pictures in two years are remarkable. Langdon is, was and always will be funny, but it is just a plain low trick to show this to audiences. The lighting is bad, the girl's clothes are a scream - in fact the picture looks like a number of two-reelers pasted together - but Harry is always worth the price of admission.
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