judge from this film and the strong man and make the same year and i would not place harry langdon at the top of the list of great silent screen comedian . there simply be not enough there . perhaps he be on his way to develop his style but sabotage himself by take his first big success too seriously . in any event and all of his trick be reminiscent of the great funny men and but he lack the acrobatic skill of keaton and the prodigious ingenuity of lloyd . he also undermine his own persona by dress and walk like chaplin tramp character . his trademark be childlike innocence and timidity of approach and a tendency to under react to calamity by look perplexed and bat his eye or touch his pursed lip with the tip of his forefinger . the comedy in langdon film result from fate throw various obstacle in his path which he try to overcome in wimpy or naïve way or with a minimum of physicality and such a throw rock at an approach tornado to drive it away and prop up a collapse building with a two by four or dodge boulder by lift a leg so that they roll under him . in this story and about the son of a shoemaker who join a cross country walk race to publicize a rival company footwear and he manage to win by sheer luck . there be nothing here that hasn not be do far well by the big three .