Frank Capra's first major film is a very good comedy with silent film actor Harry Langdon. For a time Langdon was considered as important an artist as Chaplin, Keaton or Lloyd.
The Strong Man is full of many inventive bits of comedy. You can definitely see that Capra was a talented young director to watch.
The film expertly combines humor, pathos and a large scale action scene toward the end. It also knows not to over stay it's welcome and runs just a little over an hour.
A real pleasure to watch and possibly a comedy masterpiece from the silent era.
75 minutes, written by Arthur Ripley, Hal Conklin, Robert Eddy and Reed Heustis.
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