A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.
Acting
Harry Langdon's delicate, childlike physical comedy—less frantic than Chaplin.
Cinematography
Massive scale cross-country spectacle on a shoestring budget.
Practical Effects
That tornado sequence? Real destruction, real danger, real 1926.
Director
Harry Edwards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Harry Langdon's first feature after Mack Sennett discovered him—studio executives literally called him 'the fourth genius' alongside Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd. Bold claim.
Joan Crawford was 21 here, pre-MGM glamour transformation, playing the wholesome billboard dream girl she'd spend decades subverting. The irony is delicious.
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