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An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.
Lillian Leighton
- Mrs. Tanner
- (as Lillianne Leighton)
Alec B. Francis
- Mr. Carson
- (as Alec Francis)
Willie Best
- Charcoal - Janitor
- (as Sleep 'n' Eat)
Nick Copeland
- Man Arguing with Friend
- (uncredited)
James Finlayson
- Painter
- (uncredited)
Sydney Jarvis
- Window Dresser
- (uncredited)
Buster Phelps
- Little Boy
- (uncredited)
Paul Gerard Smith
- Seasick Passenger
- (uncredited)
Leo Willis
- Truck Driver
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"Feet First" was the sixth most popular movie at the U.S box office for 1930.
- GoofsDuring his climb up the side of a skyscraper, Harold gets off a painter's trolley onto a closed window awning, which his weight opens up leaving him hanging from the edge. He climbs onto the top of the awning and finds the bottom of a rope from a painters cradle. It is just level with the top of the awning in long shot, but then in a close up it's then seen near the bottom of the awning, then at the original length in a long shot. The awning collapses leaving Harold clinging onto the window sill he then starts to climb up the rope to the next window, but suddenly the rope disappears for an instant and then its back.
- Quotes
Harold Horne: I was just practicing to be a salesman, Mr. Endicott.
Mr. Endicott: You'll never make a salesman. Salesmanship is 98% personality and that's something you haven't got.
Harold Horne: Oh, yes I have! Look!
Mr. Endicott: Aw, that's not personality. That's stupidity!
- Alternate versionsTelevision prints are edited for content purposes, eliminating some racist ethnic humor. The uncensored version is only available through the Harold Lloyd Trust.
- ConnectionsFeatured in World of Comedy (1962)
- SoundtracksAloha Oe
(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Queen Liliuokalani
Played by a band as the ship leaves the Honolulu harbor
Featured review
Good Low-Key Comedy With a Throwback Finale
This Harold Lloyd feature provides good low-key comedy, capped off with a lengthy finale that is very much in the style of a throwback to the finale of Lloyd's "Safety Last" and other silent classics. Lloyd has the kind of role that allows him to use most of his range of comic talents, and the story sets up plenty of predicaments for his character to try to wriggle out of.
The story has Lloyd as an ambitious but rather hapless shoe salesman, who tries to pass himself off as someone important in order to impress a young woman. It's familiar territory for Lloyd, but the story adds plenty of good material that makes the character again and again scramble for ways out of a continual series of problems.
The finale has Lloyd's character getting caught on the outside of a tall building, and desperately trying to get to safety. It contains a number of imaginative details and obstacles to add to the suspense and humor. The only drawback is the heavily stereotyped character played by Willie Best, which distracts your attention away from the good comedy material. That's nothing at all against Best, who was a talented comedic actor who simply took the roles that were available to him, and who would have succeeded if he'd been given the chance to do more.
Overall, though, it's a solid comedy, and one that allows Lloyd to do many of the things that made him so popular.
The story has Lloyd as an ambitious but rather hapless shoe salesman, who tries to pass himself off as someone important in order to impress a young woman. It's familiar territory for Lloyd, but the story adds plenty of good material that makes the character again and again scramble for ways out of a continual series of problems.
The finale has Lloyd's character getting caught on the outside of a tall building, and desperately trying to get to safety. It contains a number of imaginative details and obstacles to add to the suspense and humor. The only drawback is the heavily stereotyped character played by Willie Best, which distracts your attention away from the good comedy material. That's nothing at all against Best, who was a talented comedic actor who simply took the roles that were available to him, and who would have succeeded if he'd been given the chance to do more.
Overall, though, it's a solid comedy, and one that allows Lloyd to do many of the things that made him so popular.
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- Mar 20, 2006
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- Der Traumtänzer
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- Budget
- $647,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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