For Me and My Gal is a musical wartime romance film set in the 1910s. It tells the story of a vaudeville act trying to make it big while facing the challenges of World War I. The film centers around a love story between two performers and explores themes of sacrifice, patriotism, and the power of music.
Gents Without Cents is a comedy movie released in 1944. It revolves around three bumbling entertainers who mistakenly enlist in the army during World War II. Hilarity ensues as they try to navigate their way through military life, often causing chaos and mayhem wherever they go.
A musical comedy in a theatrical boarding house.
The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.
An off-screen narrator and nine talking heads make the case for Harry Langdon being ranked just below Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd as a fine movie comedian. They celebrate his slowed-down style as original and, later, influential. They take issue with Frank Capra's assessment of Langdon's small talent and large ego, suggesting instead that the villain in Langdon's rapid fall may well have been his second wife. Langdon's story is told chronologically, with many clips from silent and sound films. The film celebrates his supporting roles and later writing credits as well as his earlier silent features.
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