Shoes in a shop window -- ladies' shoes voice by Mae Questal's Betty-Boop voice, men's by Billy Gilbert, chorus of heels by the Andrews Sisters -- help Arthur Lake and Jean Chatburn find romance.
With the shutdown of shorts production by independents like Hal Roach, MGM moved into production itself in a big way -- and big with MGM seemed to mean bizarre, Although stories told by feet alone in the movies had been around for a quarter of a century by this point -- take a look at Marcel Perez' AMOR PEDESTRE for example -- a look at this one gives me the impression there was a foot fetishist involved in this one.
Choreographer Sammy Lee makes the transition to director with this short. MGM used their shorts' department like a baseball team used minor league franchises, to test out their directors.
With the shutdown of shorts production by independents like Hal Roach, MGM moved into production itself in a big way -- and big with MGM seemed to mean bizarre, Although stories told by feet alone in the movies had been around for a quarter of a century by this point -- take a look at Marcel Perez' AMOR PEDESTRE for example -- a look at this one gives me the impression there was a foot fetishist involved in this one.
Choreographer Sammy Lee makes the transition to director with this short. MGM used their shorts' department like a baseball team used minor league franchises, to test out their directors.