The Strong Man
(1926) American
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Frank Capra

Cast: Harry Langdon [Paul Bergot], Priscilla Bonner [Mary Brown], Gertrude Astor [‘Lily of Broadway’], William V. Mong [‘Holy Joe’], Robert McKim [Mike McDevitt], Arthur Thalasso [Zandow the Great]; Brooks Benedict [bus passenger]

Harry Langdon Corporation production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Production manager William H. Jenner. Scenario by Arthur Ripley, from an adaptation by Tim Whelan, Tay Garnett, James Langdon and Hal Conklin + [Robert Eddy and Clarence Hennecke]. Art direction by Lloyd Brierly. Electrical effects by Denver Harmon. Assistant director Clarence Hennecke [?] and/or J. Frank Holliday? Cinematography by Elgin Lessley and Glenn Kershner. Intertitles by Reed Heustis. Edited by Harold Young. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 1926 by First National Pictures, Incorporated. Released 19 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: The Yes Man. Langdon’s second feature. [?] McBride-Capra p. 722 lists the release date as 5 September 1926. [?] Modern film credits list J. Frank Holliday as the assistant director.

Comedy.

Synopsis: A Belgian soldier travels to the United States to seek his female American pen pal.

Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Keywords: Barrels - Belgians - Belgium - Letters - Theaters: Audiences, Vaudeville - World War I: 28 July 1914-11 November 1918 - Weapons: Bayonets, Cannons, Guns, Machine guns

Listing updated: 4 May 2006.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Bohn-Light p. 105; Brownlow-Parade pp. 437, 439; Everson-American pp. 276, 277, 280; Kerr-Silent pp. 263, 265, 276-278, 285; Limbacher-Feature p. 237; Maltin-Selected p. 68; McBride-Capra p. 722; Poague-Capra pp. 81, 86, 89, 105, 122-124, 125, 126-128, 130, 135, 137, 169, 191, 231, 236; Schelly-Langdon pp. vii, 68-77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 89, 111, 113, 123, 126, 165, 166, 167, 174, 175, 210, 220; Sinyard-Silent pp. 49, 51; Sklar-Movie p. 206; Skretvedt-LaurelHardy p. 443; Vermilye-Twenties p. 22.

Home Video: DVD.