Trivia and Quotes
Trivia
 According to Frank Capra, leading lady Joan Crawford was so amused by Langdon`s antics that she couldn`t film her big scene with him without collapsing into laughter. As a result, the scene had to be shot with Crawford`s back to the camera. Although Tramp, Tramp, Tramp was advertised as Harry Langdon`s first feature film, His First Flame, which was released in Mar 1927, was actually made a year earlier. Langdon made Tramp, Tramp, Tramp under a new contract with First National under the aegis of the Harry Langdon Corp., over which he had full creative control. Langdon brought several members of his creative team from the Mack Sennett studio into his new company, including director Harry Edwards and writers Arthur Ripley and Frank Capra. In his autobiography, Capra recalled working as co-producer, co-dorector and co-writer. The cross-country walking race depicted in the film was based on similar races that were popular in the U.S. in the mid-1920s. Modern sources indicate that the production cost $150,00 and was a definite, if not outstanding, box office success. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp was Edwards` last film with Langdon after a long association that began when they worked on short films with Mack Sennett
Back in the days when Frank Capra was a writer for Langdon, he co-wrote Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.
`Sisk` of Variety Magazine summed it up in one simple line - "Joan Crawford is borrowed from Metro to be a nice leading lady with little to do."
When Harry and Joan`s "baby" is introduced, we see that he is also played by Harry Langdon. This came about because the real baby that was to be used for the scene wouldn`t cooperate, and as a gag Langdon had the cameraman shoot him playing the baby. After it was screened, Langdon liked it so much he left it in.
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Joan Crawford
(as Betty Burton)
with Harry Langdon
(as Harry Logan)
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