Series: Harold Lloyd Director: Alf Goulding Producer: Hal Roach Titles: H.M. Walker Photography: Walter Lundin Editor: Stars: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard Company: Pathé Exchange Released: 30 March 1919 Length: 1 reel Production No.: L-54 Filming dates: August 24-30, 1918 Rating: 4/10

Next Aisle Over

The owner of a store is frustrated with the clerks who fall asleep on the job. Up steps enthusiastic clerk Bebe Daniels who tells the stressed-out boss she will take over. Meanwhile, a family led by husband Snub Pollard, his wife Margaret Joslin and their three kids (including Dee Lampton and Jerome LaPlanche) are heading for the store. Snub is overloaded with packages and a birdcage when he trips over and drops the lot. His wife goes into the store without him. A revolving door becomes an obstacle for anybody wanting to enter or leave the store, which includes Harold, who tries desperately to get through it but is thwarted at every chance by others. Eventually Harold (and Snub) enter through an empty window. Inside, Harold and Bebe take an instant liking to one another. A 'masher' (whatever that is) comes in and tries his luck with Bebe but gets nowhere with her. Harold is introduced to the boss as the new shoe salesman for the store. Harold deliberately steps on the foot of a customer and then tries to sell him a pair of shoes. Snub comes in and Harold attends to him roughly, holding one of Snub's legs whilst walking around the shelves and trying to find a suitable pair of shoes for him. When Harold takes off Snub's shoe he sees a big hole in Snub's sock, so he begins painting his toes so that the colours match. Next, a lady sits down next to Snub and wanting a pair of shoes but she ends up chasing Harold out of the store when he assaults her. A cop comes by to investigate but he too gets whacked by Harold who is acting as a shop window dummy. Thinking it was the woman, he takes her away. The masher returns with two buddies to steal the sales girl but Harold overhears their plan and fights them all off single handedly. Harold is rewarded when Bebe receives a telegram informing her of a big inheritance. He suddenly gets very excited.

Favourite bit When Harold Lloyd gets annoyed with Sammy Brooks who keeps getting in the way of his efforts to get into the store through the revolving door so Harold ends up spinning the poor guy around. The door goes so fast that Sammy has to hold on for dear life.

Trivia • Copyrighted December 17, 1918. • Reissued April 9, 1922. • The 52nd film in the series to be produced and also to be released. • Try counting the number of times Bebe Daniels looks straight at the camera. My opinion • What is it with Bebe Daniels looking at the camera every chance she gets? And is it just normal that every Harold Lloyd film has to try and cram as many background players into the picture as possible? As long as I live I will never ever understand how anybody can find these films remotely interesting. This was completely boring - a typical Harold Lloyd film in other words. There's just too much going on and it's all crammed (or cramped) into a short ten minutes. Trying to identify all the background players in a HL film is virtually impossible and tedious.

	Harold Lloyd The hustler
	Bebe Daniels Vera De Luxe
	Snub Pollard The henpecked husband
	Sammy Brooks Short customer stuck in revolving door
	Dee Lampton Fat customer
	Marie Mosquini Shoe customer
	Margaret Joslin The henpecking wife
	Bud Jamison The masher
	James Parrott Customer leaving store/ Masher stooge #2
	Wallace Howe Pedestrian chatting with maid/ Masher stooge #1
	Dorothea Wolbert Maid on street
	Lew Harvey Window cleaner/ Policeman
	Jerome LaPlanche Boy
	M.J. McCarty Store proprietor
	Estelle Harrison Sales clerk
	William Gillespie Pedestrian/ Shoe customer
	William Peterson Sleepy sales clerk
	Fred Jefferson Shocked customer
	Belle Mitchell Pedestrian
	Dorothy Burns (Vernon) Customer
	Emmylou Wallace Customer
	Dorothy Terry Customer
	Billy Fay [?]
	Noah Young [?]
	Oscar Larson [?]
	D. Coburn [?]
	Lucille Lovell [?]
	Paddy McGuire [?]
	Vivienne Plaza [?]
	Edna Renze [?]
	Mildred Forbes [?]
	Georgia Chapman [?]
	Catherine Surtees [?]

UNIDENTIFIED CAST

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Acknowledgements: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) Jesse Brisson (identification of Lew Harvey, Estelle Harrison, Fred Jefferson, Belle Mitchell, Dorothy Vernon, Emmylou Wallace, Dorothy Terry) This page was last updated on: 26 May 2022