Feet First

1930
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1h 33m

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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.

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Harold Lloyd

Harold Horne

Barbara Kent

Barbara

Robert McWade

John Quincy Tanner

Lillian Leighton

Mrs. Tanner
(as Lillianne Leighton)

Henry Hall

Mr. Endicott

Noah Young

Sailor

Alec B. Francis

Mr. Carson
(as Alec Francis)

Arthur Housman

Drunken Clubman

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)

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Trivia
"Feet First" was the sixth most popular movie at the U.S box office for 1930.

Goofs
During 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 versions
Television prints are edited for content purposes, eliminating some racist ethnic humor. The uncensored version is only available through the Harold Lloyd Trust.

Connections
Featured in World of Comedy (1962)

Soundtracks
Aloha Oe
(1908) (uncredited)
Music by Queen Liliuokalani
Played by a band as the ship leaves the Honolulu harbor

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Featured review

7/10

Lloyd improves greatly over "Welcome Danger"...

... his first sound film.

In this comedy from Paramount and director Clyde Bruckman, Harold stars as Harold, a lowly shoe store flunky in Honolulu, Hawaii. Harold sees the beautiful Barbara (Barbara Kent) and falls for her, but when he learns that she's the daughter of the shoe store's owner (Robert McWade), Harold pretends to be a leather-goods magnate in order to impress them. Things get complicated when Harold finds himself on a trans-Pacific cruise ship with Barbara and her family and he has to continue his charade despite being broke and a stowaway! Also featuring Lillian Leighton, Henry Hall, Noah Young, Alec Francis, and Willie Best (as Sleep 'n Eat).

This was Lloyd's most successful sound movie, and it has a lot of good gags. An extended sequence on the cruise ship as Harold tries to destroy every copy of a magazine he can find is a highlight, as is the high-rise finale. Lloyd and company were obviously trying to one-up the clock-dangling antics from his earlier Safety Last, and while repetition renders this not as noteworthy, it's still entertaining. Kent is adorable, and I always enjoy Willie Best regardless of the role.