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File: The Strong Man (1926).webm
Author: Frank Russell Capra
Publisher: Harry Langdon Corporation
Year: 1926
PD: PD/US|1991
Note: A 1926 American silent comedy film starring Harry Langdon. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Cat: Comedy film, Silent film
00:02
HARRY LANGDON
00:08
IN
00:11
THE
STRONG
MAN
00:17
Directed by
FRANK CAPRA
00:22
Production Manager
WILLIAM H. JENNER
| Assistant Director J. FRANK HOLLIDAY |
Technical Director LLOYD BRIERLY |
| Lighting by DENVER HARMON |
Film Editor HAROLD YOUNG |
Productd by
HARRY LANGDON CORPORATION
00:30
Story by
ARTHUR RIPLEY
Adapted by
HAL CONKLIN—ROBERT EDDY
Titles by
REED HEUSTIS
Photographed by
ELGIN LESSLEY—GLENN KERSHNER
00:36
THE PLAYERS
| Mary Brown "Lily", of Broadway "Holy Joe" "Mike" McDevitt "Zandow the Great" Paul Bergot |
Priscilla Bonner Gertrude Astor William V. Mong Robert McKim Arthur Thalasso Harry Langdon |
00:49
Where once a Belgian Orchard Bloomed.
01:13
HOTEL DE PARIS
01:16
"Here's another Yankee letter for private Paul Bergot! Where is he?"
01:25
—"two days ago I saw him in No-mans Land"
01:44
BEANS
03:28
"next time Cootie, you'll keep your head down!
05:31
American Red Cross
U. S. A.
The Red Cross
c/o Belgian Red Cross,
05:47
I hope you are better.
Your letters have been
a great joy to me, and my
heart is warmer for know-
ing I have as a dear, dear
friend, a brave soldier of
mother nation.
Your English has im-
06:08
Because an ocean rolls
between us, and we are never
to meet, I found the courage
to put my whole heart on
paper and to tell you I
love you, I love you, I love
you.
06:30
With love
Mary Brown
07:02
Then the Armistice, Peace and fleets of liners laden with immigrants seeking a newer Rainbow in the Land of Promise.
07:29
Ellis Island, the Funnel of America.
07:46
THE
GREAT
ZANDOW
07:48
THE GREAT
ZANDOW
STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD
07:58
THE GREAT
ZANDOW
AND CO.
08:02
Well, where's the Company?
08:22
My Company—I captured him in the war
09:30
ZANDOW
09:51
The Crown Prince—he gave me this hat
10:48
Take that! and That! and That!
11:25
HARRY VEBER
VAUDEVILLE
BOOKING AGENT
11:40
"I lift the heaviest weights in the world, and when I shoot myself from a cannon to a trapeze it's a sensation"
12:01
"I tell you I'm not Mary Brown, and I never wrote to any soldiers"
12:13
"and if you don't stop following me I'll turn you over to a truant officer!"
13:10
"Pardon, Major, do you know a girl named Mary Brown?"
13:32
DOORMAN
13:34
"Sure—she passes that corner every day!
14:14
"Sink that roll, Lily, there's a 'dick' trailing me!"
14:46
"Out of jail a week, and at it again, huh?"
16:11
"You were looking for Mary Brown, were you not?"
16:19
"Well, I'm little Mary"
17:33
"What's a nickel! I've got plenty of money."
18:02
"The Russell Apartments!"
21:30
"Hey, there! You can't leave your woman lying around like this!"
22:15
"Room three, upstairs"
24:54
3
27:14
"You let me out of here or I'll holler!"
28:51
"Don't let this leak out!"
29:08
"Where will I find the studio of Madame Browne?"
29:16
Madame Browne
Art Studies
30:33
ROOMS
30:38
"In two days we open my big act in Cloverdale and the loafer is late for the train!!"
31:00
Cloverdale had once been a peaceful little border town.
31:34
But over-night Cloverdale had changed—Certain interests found it ideally located for a defiance of law.
31:46
PALACE
MUSIC HALL
32:01
Scotch WhiskyScotch Whisky
Scotch WhiskyScotch Whisky
Scotch WhiskyScotch Whisky
32:07
The Town Hall was re-named "The Palace"—and the profits ran into thousands.
32:43
"The Palace" and its attractions were taking their toll from village homes.
32:49
GIRLS
GIRLS
GIRLS
FREE
32:56
"Come on, Sis, come on home."
33:01
"If my Dad was here—he'd fix you!"
33:10
Justice and decency had fled before the new lawMoney.
33:15
GENERAL STORE
33:23
The only force left opposing "Mike" McDevitt, owner of "The Palace", was Parson Brown.
33:33
"—it's useless to fight me any longer. Money talks louder than you"
33:45
"—Every man has his price!—Now what's YOURS?"
33:59
"The house of God is founded on ROCK. For the miseries you have caused, the Master will destroy you!"
34:21
"Listen, fool! Continue there demonstrations against me and I'll give you something real to pray for!"
34:37
The church people of the town, horrified by conditions, rallied at the call of their pastor.
35:00
"Bretheren, stand firm! The Good Book says 'Faith can move mountains!'"
35:15
"—For the Lord said unto Joshua 'March around the walls of Jericho seven days, and on the Seventh Day the walls shall fall'"
35:31
"—This is the Sixth day of marching around OUR Jericho. Believe ye Behold! The Miracle shall be repeated!"
36:01
"—Hymn 339—Onward Christian Soldiers."
36:22
"—Here come 'Holy Joe' playing Joshua again!"
36:27
♫ Onward Christian sol-diers,
Marching as to war; ♫
36:46
"—In believe in this—and wish I'd led a cleaner life."
36:52
"—Aw, shut up!—pretty soon you'll be washing your neck!"
37:05
"Holy Joe's out there trying to sing the shingles off the roof"
37:14
"If that Psalm-singing idiot bother me much more, I'll have his daughter in here as the main attraction!"
37:27
A few hours lateranother meeting behind the church.
37:38
Mary Brown, the Parson's daughter, saw the world through the eyes of optimism—perhaps because she was blind.
38:17
"Miss Mary; tell us that story again about the Belgian soldier who won the war."
38:33
"Once there was a plain little girl who dared to love a brave, handsome soldier—"
38:55
"—But when he wrote that he was coming to America, she stopped writing and hid—for she had never told him she wasblind."
39:11
COMING
THE GREAT
"ZANDOW"
STRONGEST MAN
IN THE WORLD
39:17
CLOVERDALE
39:22
"Yes, this has been a dirty trip! last night I gave a boy a bath and"
39:56
"Say, what did you swallow?—A fish horn?"
40:23
"If you feel like you sound you need a plumber."
40:48
"What's the time please?"
41:00
SMITH BROTHERSCamphor Rub
42:43
"One more germ out of you and the Smith Brothers lose a good customer!"
45:24
KRAUSS
LIMBURGER
CHEESE
46:51
"My head's clear!—I'm beginning to smell!"
47:45
TO DAY
THE GREAT
"ZANDOW"
47:46
"Glad you're here, Big Boy; the whole town's crazy to see your cannon act!"
47:58
STAGE
ENTRANCE
48:12
Zandow
49:04
"Where do you get the water?"
49:11
"Behind the church."
49:17
"Ask Mary Brown."
49:29
"WHO?"
49:32
"MARY BROWN."
50:59
"Are you Miss Brown?—Miss Mary Brown?"
51:14
"The Little Mary Brown who wrote such nice letters to a boy in Belgium?"
51:39
"—and now he's right here in town!"
51:57
"I'm Him."
52:02
"Aren't you surprised to see me?"
53:48
"—and in that town there was only one Mary Brown and she was a Chinaman!"
54:24
"—and another one said "I'm Little Mary."
57:12
"They're howling for you—do your stuff or there'll be a riot!"
57:27
THE ZANDOW |
400 |
58:12
"If you want to get out of town alive you'd better please that gang out there!"
58:27
"WHERE'S THE STRONG MAN? SHOW US THE BIG BUM!"
59:02
"The longer they wait the tougher they get!"
59:16
"I paid for a strong man—and I'm going to have one!"
1:02:41
Mme
DIVON
1:04:25
"Mister Zandow—I can't do the cannon trick!"
1:04:33
"Bring on the Cannon trick!"
1:05:27
"COME ON! GET SHOT OUT OF THAT CANNON!"
1:05:49
"We must be quiet—There's a funeral!"
1:06:04
"The kid's right! Let's bow our heads and pray for poor 'Holy Joe'!"
1:06:23
"—and if 'Holy Joe' must sing, get him a ukulele!"
1:06:45
"—and may we soon have the honor of entertaining Mary Brown in our midst!"
1:06:57
"A—MEN!"
1:08:02
"—It's a riot! Lock the doors and protect the money!"
1:11:17
DUMP
TRASH
HERE
1:13:03
"Drive the money changers from us!"
1:13:42
Once again Cloverdale tucked the bed covers beneath its chin and slept in peace
1:13:57
CLOVERDALE
COMMUNITY HALL
1:14:00
protected by the majesty of the law.
1:14:43
"Run along home, honey, I don't need any help!"
1:15:17
THE END
A First National Picture