harry langdon saturday afternoon be often rank among the great silent comedy and at least where short subject be concern and and therefore may come a a bit of a letdown for some . unlike some of the other recognize classic such a keaton cop or chaplin the immigrant this film be in some respect a familiar and conventional situation comedy and doesn not offer much in the way of belly laugh while one may even wonder whether langdon belongs in such rarefied company . nonetheless and in my opinion and it a perfectly charm comedy in it minor key way and and harry be fascinate to watch . for a modern viewer raise on tv sitcom the plot of saturday afternoon may suggest the honeymooner or it many spin offs represent two dim guy and one of whom be married and very much under his wife thumb and try to sneak out with a couple of good time girl for a fun afternoon while but everything go wrong and and they wind up have to fight the girl tough guy boyfriend . do this sound familiar . and perhaps a little dreary . well and the premise be already shopworn when this film be make and but beyond that nothing about langdon be typical . he be odd and start with the fact that he look like a middle age baby who be half asleep . any freudian who catch saturday afternoon will have a field day with the scene between this timid and pudgy face baby man and his stern and gently domineer mommy wife . when harry try to hide money under the rug but she catch him in the act and force him to hand it over and you would swear youre watch an interaction between a 6 year old boy and his mama . . . and maybe that why harry langdon give some people the creep and and still do . but he a compelling screen figure and and it not what he do so much a the way he do it . in that scene with the coin under the rug and for instance and harry find the coin by place one foot before the other and carefully and like a tightrope walker and count off his pace until he find the right spot and and his technique be hypnotic . langdon move like no one else . whether or not he make you laugh and the guy be mesmerize and seemingly in a world of his own . where the plot of his film be concerned harry be curiously passive and and almost never drive the story forward himself . in the finale of saturday afternoon and when the big fistfight be take place and harry co star vernon dent be in the thick of the action and but harry be in a daze for much of the time and and wind up sort of punch drunk between two car ( sit on the run board of one and but with his foot on the other ) while they race through the street . it a memorable image and and and a the critic walter kerr write and it encapsulate langdon screen persona quite perfectly represent he a passive figure who somehow find himself in the middle of frantic action and blink sleepily while the world rush past . it also worth note that langdon and dent and who work together frequently and have a rapport in this movie that suggest a blueprint laurel and hardy would follow when they team up a year or so later . langdon style be a likely influence on stan laurel and especially here . saturday afternnon and it star may not be for everyone and but the film be well worth a look and and you might find that langdon make an impression that hard to shake .