A meek shoe store employee is tasked with making money for his dad's store so he enters a cross country race to earn 25,000 and maybe the hand of the girl on billboards.
This is so close to being an all timer with only the fact that the concept wasn't fully explored enough and the ending is a little too silly holding it back. There are a few really solid gags and the weird character of Harry and the weird comedy shines in those. It's only the idea that the race part is sort of left on the side and the romance a bit too tacked on that keep this from being up there with a Chaplin movie. Still worth seeing for the oddness of Harry Langdon!
This is so close to being an all timer with only the fact that the concept wasn't fully explored enough and the ending is a little too silly holding it back. There are a few really solid gags and the weird character of Harry and the weird comedy shines in those. It's only the idea that the race part is sort of left on the side and the romance a bit too tacked on that keep this from being up there with a Chaplin movie. Still worth seeing for the oddness of Harry Langdon!