Long Pants

Long Pants

60 mins | Comedy | March 26, 1927

Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of long pants. Almost immediately, he is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla... but instead, Harry's first heady whiff of manhood has got him panting after Bebe, a "fast" woman from the big city. Mistakenly thinking that Bebe fancies him too, Harry risks everything to help her out when she lands in jail, only to end up in hot water himself. Through it all, sweet Priscilla waits for her man to come to his senses.

Long Pants

60 mins | Comedy | March 26, 1927

Long Pants
Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of long pants. Almost immediately, he is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla... but instead, Harry's first heady whiff of manhood has got him panting after Bebe, a "fast" woman from the big city. Mistakenly thinking that Bebe fancies him too, Harry risks everything to help her out when she lands in jail, only to end up in hot water himself. Through it all, sweet Priscilla waits for her man to come to his senses.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Harry Langdon Corporation
Original title Long Pants
Directors Frank Capra
Writers Robert Eddy, Tay Garnett, Arthur Ripley

Cast

Harry Langdon

as Harry Shelby

Gladys Brockwell

as His mother

Alan Roscoe

as His father

Priscilla Bonner

as His bride

Alma Bennett

as His downfall

Betty Francisco

as His finish