Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd

Under the magic of Harry's wistful smile, the world of make-believe turns into life- sad, joyous, bitter-sweet...just as life is

NR 1927 · 60 min · ★ 5.6 · Comedy

Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is received by the wrong party. The Girl marries and, poverty-striken, leaves her husband during a snowstorm. Harry takes her in, and minutes later her child is born. He works like a slave for the mother and child, pretending they are his own. Meanwhile, the husband finds her and comes to the shack on Christmas Eve as Harry is preparing to play Santa Claus. Not realizing the unhappiness she is causing him, The Girl thanks him profusely and leaves with her husband. Overcome, Harry sits overnight on the doorstep and the next morning is found frozen stiff except for his eyes--with amusing results.

Directed by Harry Langdon · Written by Harry McCoy

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Harry Langdon Harry - the Odd Fellow
Gladys McConnell Gladys - the Girl
Cornelius Keefe The Husband
Arthur Thalasso Harry's Boss
Brooks Benedict Minor Role (uncredited)
Henry A. Barrows
Julia Brown
Joe Butterworth
John Kolb
Frances Raymond
Agnes Steele
Fred Warren

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