Monday, 19 October 2015

A bit of leg leads to trouble

The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903)

Directed by Edwin S. Porter this short film of the silent era stars Edward Boulden. A young lady shows some leg to the clerk fitting her for a new shoe, he kisses her and the lady's escort hits him with an umbrella.

There is not a huge amount to this film and it barely lasts more than a minute. The plot is pretty much as described above and might raise a momentary chuckle at most. It is hard to expect much more from these early shorts but I suppose for the era this is a well made film.


3/5

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