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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6.7/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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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

10/10

Fine Lloyd film!

"Feet First" is a fine Harold LLoyd film, that clearly shows the master comic as adept to making funny talkies as he was to making silent movie classics. Harold Lloyd possessed a great sense of timing as well as a keen sense of what made audiences laugh. Even if you've seen "Safety Last" (referring to the "hanging on the clock" scene) you'll enjoy this film (including the similar but still hilarious scene with Lloyd hanging from the side of the building). Concerning another reviewer's comment about "racial slurs", undoubtedly the reference is to a scene whereas Harold Lloyds's character (while hanging from the building) calls out to a black fellow using the name "Charcoal". Look, it was 1930; thats the way it was then, so get over it. "Feet First" is a wonderfully funny motion picture from one of the screen's greatest comedians, Harold Lloyd.