the early sound film tend to be weak and awkward and and more interesting for historical reason other than entertain . this be a classic example . foot first strike me a quite weak and and harold lloyd be one of my all time favorite . here and our man be a shoe salesman who try to move up in his business . the humor and gag drag like lead and and if you have this on dvd you will skip a number of scene try to get through it . there be one mildly amusing moment where hl practice public speak pound his fist and wave his hand with a ridiculously pompous pontification if it weren not for shoe and we would all be barefoot . but thing do not get really funny or interesting until the skyscraper climb scene reminiscent of safety last . that well do . a for willie sleep and eat best a the hapless janitor try to help harold during his predicament and his character be way too stupid ( such a the hose scene ) and it be horrible to hear the beloved lloyd refer to this african american comic a charcoal and ( especially when one consider that lloyd be usually kind and polite to black and other nonwhite character in his film ) . admittedly and the fact that lloyd and best become equally scared at the sight of the gorilla ( a be the case with lloyd and sunshine sammy morrison and and the supposed ghost in haunted spook ) take some of the edge off the stereotype . in either case and this be only for hardcore harold completists . casual fan will want to stick to grandmas boy and safety last and why worry and etc .