31-437: All Night Long may refer to: Film, TV and theatre [ edit ] Film [ edit ] All Night Long (1924 film) , an American silent short film featuring Harry Langdon All Night Long (1962 film) , a British film directed by Basil Dearden All Night Long (1981 film) , a comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman All Night Long (1989 film) ,
62-582: A Caspar Milquetoast -type, henpecked-husband character that served him well. He alternated this new character with his established "helpless innocent" character. Langdon was considered to be the live-action role model for Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , but Walt Disney rejected the idea. Eddie Collins played the role instead. In 1938 Langdon returned to the Hal Roach studio for
93-583: A Hong Kong film of 1989 All Night Long (1992 film) , a Japanese film featuring Ryōka Yuzuki All Night Long (1995 film) , a Hong Kong film produced by Golden Harvest Television [ edit ] All Night Long (TV series) , a British sitcom "All Night Long", an episode of the anime Black Heaven Theatre [ edit ] All Night Long , a 1984 play by John O'Keefe that featured Alyssa Milano in its original Off-Broadway production Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] All Night Long (Buckcherry album) or
124-890: A "breezy Fonda Rae revival". "Touch Me (All Night Long)" peaked at number one in Zimbabwe, number nine in Canada, number five in the United Kingdom and number three in Ireland. In the United States, "Touch Me" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of May 18, 1991. In addition, "Touch Me" spent one week at the top of the US Dance Club Play chart in March 1991, becoming her biggest hit in
155-485: A Bum (United Artists, 1933), opposite Al Jolson . Langdon was still a big enough name to command leads in short subjects. He reunited with his Sennett co-star Vernon Dent for a series of two-reelers with Educational Pictures in 1932-34. Columbia Pictures , initiating its own short-comedy unit, hired Langdon away from Educational in 1934. In 1938, beginning with the Columbia short A Doggone Mixup , Langdon adopted
186-553: A Crowd , The Chaser , and Heart Trouble , but his appeal faded. These films were more personal and idiosyncratic, and audiences of the period were not interested. Capra later claimed that Langdon's decline stemmed from the fact that, unlike the other great silent comics, he never fully understood what made his own film character successful. However, Langdon's biographer Bill Schelly , among others, expressed skepticism about this claim, arguing that Langdon had established his character in vaudeville long before he entered movies, added by
217-504: A director and perhaps defining a style that might have enjoyed greater box office success. Langdon's babyish character did not adapt well to sound films; as producer Hal Roach remarked, "He was not so funny articulate." Roach starred Langdon in eight sound shorts in 1929–1930, which were not popular enough to keep the series going. Langdon did land occasional one-shot roles in feature films, including See America Thirst ( Universal , 1930), opposite Slim Summerville , and Hallelujah, I'm
248-594: A disastrous halt, but not before producing some of the most personal and perplexing works of the American cinema. † – denotes entry part of the Columbia Pictures short subject series Touch Me (All Night Long) " Touch Me (All Night Long) " is a 1984 song by American singer Fonda Rae and American band Wish. It was a minor hit for Rae and the band, and was featured in the 1985 slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge . In
279-408: A sketch named "Johnny's New Car", on which he performed variations in the years that followed. In 1923, he joined Principal Pictures Corporation, a company headed by producer Sol Lesser . He eventually went to The Mack Sennett Studios , where he became a major star. At the height of his film career, he was considered one of the four best comics of the silent film era. His screen character was that of
310-676: A starring comedian in feature-length films. Misbehaving Husbands (1940) was a domestic comedy with Langdon using his henpecked-husband character. It was also a comeback film for the director, William Beaudine , an important silent-film director whose fortunes had declined by the late 1930s. Although Misbehaving Husbands was produced and released by PRC , the tiniest of the Hollywood studios, Langdon and Beaudine received critical raves for their work: "Preview house rewarded them with practically solid laughter" ( Boxoffice ); "Easily [Langdon's] best performance in years" ( Motion Picture Daily ). In
341-407: A surprise guest appearance in the screwball comedy feature There Goes My Heart . While at Roach he contributed to comedy scripts as a writer, notably for Laurel and Hardy . When Stan Laurel 's contract with Roach expired, Oliver Hardy 's contract was still in force, leading Roach to cast Langdon opposite Hardy in the 1939 antebellum comedy Zenobia . In 1940 Harry Langdon made a comeback as
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#1732792927526372-909: A wide-eyed, childlike man with an innocent's understanding of the world and the people in it. He was a first-class pantomimist . Most of Langdon's 1920s work was produced at the famous Mack Sennett studio. His screen character was unique and his antics so different from the broad Sennett slapstick that he soon had a following. Success led him into feature films, directed by Arthur Ripley and Frank Capra . With such directors guiding him, Langdon's work rivaled that of Charlie Chaplin , Buster Keaton , and Harold Lloyd . Many consider his best films to be The Strong Man (1926), Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926), and Long Pants (1927). Langdon acted as producer on these features, which were made for his own company, The Harry Langdon Corporation, and released by First National Pictures . After his initial success, Langdon fired Capra and directed his own films, including Three's
403-468: Is briefly depicted in the biographical film Stan & Ollie , played by Richard Cant , where he is preparing for the shooting of Zenobia with Oliver Hardy . Langdon's son, Harry Langdon Jr., went on to a successful career as a Hollywood photographer. Film historian Richard Koszarski offers this assessment of Langdon's career: That Harry Langdon’s once high-flying career came to so abrupt an end should have surprised no one. First, his comic style
434-683: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harry Langdon Henry Philmore " Harry " Langdon (June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville , silent films (where he had his greatest fame), and talkies. Langdon on “The Serious Side of Comedy Making” (from Theatre magazine, December 1927): Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa , Langdon began working in medicine shows and stock companies while in his teens. In 1906, he entered vaudeville with his first wife, Rose Langdon . By 1915, he had developed
465-1257: The Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 “ All Night Long (All Night) ”, by Lionel Richie “ Mary Jane (All Night Long) ”, by Mary J. Blige “ Touch Me (All Night Long) ”, by Cathy Dennis "All Night Long", by Aretha Franklin from Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo "All Night Long", by Billy Squier from Signs of Life "All Night Long", by Brownsville Station from Yeah! "All Night Long", by Demi Lovato from Unbroken "All Night Long", by Diddy from Press Play "All Night Long", by Eve "All Night Long", by Jonas Blue and RetroVision "All Night Long", by Lasgo from Far Away "All Night Long", by Little Richard from The Fabulous Little Richard "All Night Long", by LMFAO from Sorry for Party Rocking "All Night Long", by Montgomery Gentry and Charlie Daniels from Tattoos & Scars (1999) "All Night Long", by Nate Dogg from Nate Dogg "All Night Long", by Paul Revere & The Raiders "All Night Long", by Peter Murphy from Love Hysteria "All Night Long", by Scorpions from Tokyo Tapes "All Night Long", by
496-524: The Verve, B-side of the single “ Rather Be ” See also [ edit ] " You Shook Me All Night Long ", a song by AC/DC Duet All Night Long , a split EP by Reel Big Fish and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer All Night Wrong , a 2002 album by Allan Holdsworth " All Nightmare Long ", a song by Metallica " All Right Now ", a song by Free, misheard as "All Night Long" Topics referred to by
527-516: The country. BuzzFeed ranked Dennis' version of "Touch Me (All Night Long)" at number 19 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s" in 2017. In 2019, Billboard listed it at number 188 in their ranking of " Billboard ' s Top Songs of the '90s". In 2020, Slant Magazine placed the song at number 89 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". They added: "...Cathy Dennis made Fonda Rae 's disco trifle “Touch Me (All Night Long)” her own by completely rewriting
558-471: The end of the Columbia series, producer Jules White tried making Langdon part of a team, and paired him with Elsie Ames , Monty Collins , Una Merkel , and finally El Brendel . Langdon suffered a cerebral hemorrhage during the filming of the Republic musical Swingin' on a Rainbow , and died on December 22, 1944. All funeral arrangements were handled by Langdon's old friend Vernon Dent . Langdon
589-470: The fact that he wrote most of his own material during his stage years. History shows that Langdon's greatest success was while being directed by Capra, and once he took hold of his own destiny, his original film comedy persona dropped sharply in popularity with audiences. This is likely not due to Langdon's material, which he had always written himself, but due to his inexperience with the many fine points of directing, at which Capra excelled, but at which Langdon
620-487: The original, it is alternately spelled as " Tuch Me (All Night Long) " or simply just " Tuch Me ". A cover of "Touch Me (All Night Long)" was released by British singer and songwriter Cathy Dennis on January 14, 1991 by Polydor , as the third single from her debut studio album, Move to This (1990), where it is listed as either "Touch Me (All Night Long)" or "All Night Long (Touch Me)". Her version, co-produced by Dennis with Phil Bodger, contains some rewritten lyrics in
651-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title All Night Long . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_Night_Long&oldid=1067116119 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732792927526682-629: The song as a " house -savvy rendition of the Fonda Rae disco nugget." He added that it is a "fine showcase for Dennis's bright and chirpy vocal style." Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented that "after hearing this track, there's every reason to believe she'll be travelling up the chart again." He also added that as co-writer and co-producer, "this exciting vocalist creates mature dance music that can entertain young and older audiences alike." James Hamilton from Music Week deemed it
713-471: The song’s throwaway verses, imbuing a fleeting physical connection with the weight of manifest destiny. DJ extraordinaire Shep Pettibone likewise put his signature on the track by amping up the melodic hook and distinctive Roland 909 house beats , propelling it into the stratosphere of early-'90s house-pop." "Touch Me (All Night Long)" was released in 2004 by electronic dance group Angel City from their debut studio album, Love Me Right . The band
744-910: The title song 2010 All Night Long (Junior Kimbrough album) or the title song, 1992 All Night Long (Kenny Burrell album) or the title song, 1956 All Night Long (Sammy Hagar album) , 1978 All Night Long (Shirley Horn album) , 1981 All Night Long: An Introduction , by Rainbow, 2002 All Night Long: Live in Dallas , by Joe Walsh, 2013 All Night Long , by Billy Burnette , 1999 Songs [ edit ] “All Night Long” (Alexandra Burke song) “All Night Long” (Ami Suzuki song) “All Night Long” (Blazin' Squad song) “All Night Long” (Common song) "All Night Long" (Faith Evans song) "All Night Long" (Joe Walsh song) “All Night Long” (Joel Turner song) “All Night Long” (Mary Jane Girls song) "All Night Long" (Rainbow song) “All Night Long” (Simon Mathew song) ,
775-447: The trade, the picture was noteworthy enough to re-establish both Langdon and Beaudine, albeit in low-budget features. They soon worked steadily at Monogram Pictures . Misbehaving Husbands turned out to be Langdon's last starring feature; he shared two subsequent leads with co-star Charley Rogers . Langdon continued to play mild-mannered goofs in features (almost exclusively for Monogram) and slapstick short subjects for Columbia. Toward
806-496: The verses. It was a number-one hit on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 . Dennis performed the song on the season three episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 , "A Night to Remember", in 1993. The accompanying music video for “Touch Me (All Night Long)" was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel . Larry Flick from Billboard described
837-484: Was a novice. On the other hand, a look at Langdon's filmography shows that Capra directed only two of Langdon's 30 silent comedies. His last silent film, and the last one Langdon directed, Heart Trouble , is a " lost film ", so it is difficult to assess whether he might have begun achieving a greater understanding of the directorial process with more experience. The coming of sound, and the drastic changes in cinema it engendered, also thwarted Langdon's chances of evolving as
868-521: Was cremated and his ashes interred at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California . At the height of his career, Langdon was making $ 7,500 per week, a fortune for the times. In his obituary the New York Times wrote that "his whole appeal was a consummate ability to look inexpressibly forlorn when confronted with manifold misfortunes—usually of the domestic type. He was what
899-555: Was formed by Zentveld & Oomen . It was the follow-up to the group's 2003 single, " Love Me Right (Oh Sheila) ". It reached number two on the UK dance charts and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart . It shares the chorus from Cathy Dennis 's 1991 hit single "Touch Me (All Night Long)", but has different verses. "Touch Me (Radio Edit)" was released in 2015 by former singer-songwriter Lauren Ashleigh. It never entered any charts but
930-507: Was known as 'dead-pan'...the feeble smile and owlish blink which had become his stock-in-trade caught on in a big way, and he skyrocketed to fame and fortune..." In 1997, his home town of Council Bluffs celebrated "Harry Langdon Day" and in 1999 named Harry Langdon Boulevard in his honor. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Harry Langdon has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. Langdon
961-451: Was so idiosyncratic that it seems a wonder he ever achieved widespread recognition at all. Infantilism as the root of a comic character has inborn limitations, and sound would inevitably have dealt it a death blow. But more important, when success was achieved Langdon dismissed his collaborators and foolishly attempted to run both the creative and financial sides of his operation himself. A failure at both ends, he personally ground his career to