His New Mamma

In His New Mamma, Harry Langdon’s elderly father throws him out of the house on suspicion of flirting with father’s new fiancée. Driven to California, as a cab driver he sees the unfaithful Mamma trying to take advantage of another elderly, wealthy man …

His New Mamma (1924) starring Harry Langdon

Title Card: Harry waits home on Christmas Eve while Papa brings a special present-his new mamma. Mamma’s a no-good maneater with her eyes on Papa’s bank roll. When she puts the moves on Harry, jealous Papa vows to keep them apart.

Review

Franky, His New Mamma is a surprisingly enjoyable Harry Langdon silent comedy. There are three comedy highlights:

• Harry trying to share a bed with his father — but father’s long beard keeps getting in the way!
• Exiled to California, Harry’s a taxi cab driver. And the Mack Sennet Bathing Beauties hire him to take him to the beach. Not only don’t they pay, they steal the tires off his cab to play with in the water! That’s where Harry sees “Mamma” preparing to fleece her next “husband”.
• Mamma’s next mark has a lovely daughter, who of course falls for Harry. And in a very chaotic chase scene, they drive to the chapel to prevent the next wedding.

Product Description

His New Mamma: A farm lad’s aging father thinks that the boy is after Dad’s fiancée, so he banishes the young man, who heads to California. He gets employed to drive a cab, and through a fare, he meets a lovely young lady.

His work takes him to the beach, where he sees Dad’s fiancée with another man. He calls home and learns that she has deserted his father after cleaning him out. The lad and his lassie follow the woman and try to prevent her from marrying yet another rich man, but she’s abetted by her chauffeur. Will our farm boy and his sweetie stop injustice from happening again? 

Cast of characters

• Harry Langdon (The Big Flash) … The Farmer Boy
• Madeline Hurlock (Days of Thrills and Laughter) … The Farmer Boy’s New Mamma
• Andy Clyde (A Sea Dog’s Tale) … The Farmer Boy’s Father
• Tiny Ward (The Hoose-Gow) … Mamma’s Chauffeur
• Alice Day … The Heiress
• Jack Cooper … The Heiress’s Guardian

Additional cast

• Mary Akin … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Margaret Cloud … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Dorothy Dorr … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Cecille Evans … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Evelyn Francisco … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Eugenia Gilbert … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Thelma Hill (The Golden Age of Comedy) … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Natalie Kingston … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Elsie Tarron … Bathing Girl (uncredited)
• Gladys Tennyson … Bathing Girl (uncredited)