Porter, Edwin S., production. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC moving image Comedy films. lcgft Silent films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Fiction films. lcgft United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1903. eng "Scene shows interior of shoe-store. Young lady and chaperone enter. While a fresh young clerk is trying a pair of high-heeled slippers on the young lady, the chaperone seats herself and gets interested in a paper. The scene changes to a very close view, showing only the lady's foot and the clerk's hands tying the slipper. As her dress is slightly raised, showing a shapely ankle, the clerk's hands become very nervous, making it difficult for him to tie the slipper. The picture changes back to former scene. The clerk makes rapid progress with his fair customer, and while he is in the act of kissing her the chaperone looks up from her paper, and proceeds to beat the clerk with an umbrella. He falls backward off the stool. Then she takes the young lady by the arm, and leads her from the store. Length: 75 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 185. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 12Aug1903; H34389. Duration: 1:11 at 16 fps. Paper print shelf number (LC 0454) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. Filmed July 23, 1903 at the Edison studio in New York City. Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Before the nickelodeon, p. 245-249; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 115; Edison films catalog, no. 185, October supplement 1903, p. 20 [MI]; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 399. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. Womanizers--Humor. Shoes--Fitting--Humor. Clerks--Humor. Flirting--Humor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) Gay shoe clerk https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00064190