Feet First

Tanner Shoes. We must live up to our slogan.

"The World Walks on Tanner Shoes."

Now, you're my manager down here...

and you've got to put this store over.

And furthermore, don't talk back to me.

But I didn't say anything. I was only thinking...

Don't even think back to me! I won't have it!

You're here to sell shoes, not to think.

And if I don't see some results...

when I get back here on my next trip, you're fired.

Now, do you understand me? You're fired!

Give me a match.

Never mind, I'll light it myself.

Thank you, come again soon.

There you are.

Sets your foot off beautifully.

Now, that's the, uh, 4A...

or what we call "the perfect model."

What is it?

Oh, why, Madam!

The leather, uh... uh...

The leather in the Tanner Shoe...

is made from the hides of contented cows.

Now, I think they're very becoming.

What do you think?

I think you'd better cut out this tomfoolery.

Go up front and help trim that window.

Yes, sir.

I... I was just practicing to be a salesman, Mr. Endicott.

You'll never make a salesman.

Salesmanship is 98% personality...

and that's something you haven't got.

Oh, yes I have. Look.

Ah! That's not personality, that's stupidity.

Get up front and help Williams trim that window.

Yes, sir.

It looks very nice.

Yes, it looks smart, too.

You know, it's a 4A...

for what we call "the perfect foot."

Notice how snug it fits?

And I have a new sport model I'd like to show you.

I'd like very much to see it.

Will you pardon me a minute?

I'd like you to show me something...

in a white Deauville, please.

- Yes, will you be seated? - Thank you.

I'll have a man wait on you right away.

Where's the other leg?

I'm gonna get it. I'll be right back.

- Pardon me. - Why, of course.

Why...

Now, what in the world is the matter, Madam?

I never was so insulted in my life!

I think that left foot's a little tight.

- Haven't you a larger size? - Uh, no, I haven't.

But I can have it stretched for you...

and make it very comfortable.

All right, and while that's being done...

will you show me that sport shoe there?

Surely. Boy!

Stretch this shoe.

Does that feel all right?

- Yes. - Hey.

Just let me lace it up for you.

Well, I think it's a little tight.

A little tight?

Just let me take it off and stretch it for you.

There, how's that?

That's all right.

I like that shoe very much.

That shoe he's stretching looked very serviceable.

I doubt, Madam, if you'll ever be able to wear it out.

Here, you may leave fifteen minutes early...

and deliver these on your way home.

Yes, sir.

- How does that feel? - That feels fine.

I thought it would.

You know, Madam, your instep is much too beautiful...

to be spoiled by a short-vamped shoe.

- Oh, do you really think so? - I certainly do.

Now, that feels very well in there, doesn't it?

- Yes, it does. - And it's comfortable?

Madam, your instep is much too beautiful...

to be spoiled by a sh...

Yes, ma'am. Always, yes, ma'am.

Never!

Would you get me a glass of water?

Yes, ma'am.

Oh! Oh! You... you idiot!

Oh, of all the dumb tricks!

Look at me! You... you...

Henry, did you put my music in the car?

Yes, Miss. It's right on the back seat.

Oh, I have it. Here it is.

Say, pansy.

Yeah? He ain't got no right bustin' into my car...

that way, either.

Anyway, I think he did it on purpose.

Get back in the car, Henry.

Don't pay any attention to this big brute.

Say, lady, this is a private scrap.

I'll pull that guy out of the car and...

Here, here. What do you mean by using that tone of voice...

to this young lady?

Why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Besides, you have no right...

leaving your car parked here in other people's way.

Now, listen, if this happens again...

I'm going to see to it personally.

Why don't you get a shave?

It's too bad that this had to happen, Miss.

If he annoys you again, you just let me know.

Thank you very much.

Oh, oh, the pleasure's really all mine.

- Good-bye. - Good-bye.

- Oh. - Oh.

Oh, I-I'll get it.

I don't know how I can ever thank you, Mister...

- Harold. - Mr. Harold.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

Oh.

Uh, now, let that be a lesson to you.

Listen, Kramer, you're an incompetent idiot.

You haven't got any more backbone than a steamed clam.

Now, you get busy and get some results...

or you're discharged, understand me?

D-i-s... you're fired!

Get me that number back again.

I know, I know.

Hello? Hello.

Is this you, Kramer?

Did I call you an idiot?

I did. OK.

Mr. Tanner, is there something wrong?

Something? Everything.

If the rest of the people I have working for me...

were half as efficient as you are...

I'd be happy as a schoolboy.

There's no such thing as a perfect man.

Oh, Mr. Tanner, I think you're mistaken.

There is.

- There is what? - A perfect man.

Have you been holding out on me, young lady?

I met him this afternoon.

She is beautiful.

You know, Mr. Carson...

I... I've always dreamed of meeting the one girl.

Today I... I went around the corner, and there she was.

You've got it bad, haven't you, my son?

Say, are you gonna talk about that girl all night...

or are you going to thread my needle for me?

Huh? Oh, I almost forgot.

I'll get it right away, Mr. Carson.

When are you gonna see her again?

Never, I guess.

She's rich, got a big car.

Besides, what chance have I with eighteen a week?

You'll soon be making more money than that.

You're going to be a salesman in a very little while.

Yeah.

A salesman. A lot of good that'll do.

You know, Mr. Carson...

up till today, I thought being a salesman was something great.

Gee, a girl that comes from a family like that, why...

she wouldn't give a salesman a second look.

Oh, but you are not always going to be a salesman.

Keep driving on, and then perhaps...

you will come to be manager of the store.

Who knows? In a very little while...

you may be president of the company.

Gee.

Oh, but that's liable to take two or three months.

There's got to be a shortcut somewhere.

Now, then, if I could only meet her on her own level.

Hmm.

And I'm going to do it, too.

Stick to it, my son.

That's it... sticking.

That's the only way.

I wish only I had stuck.

Sticking to it, huh?

And now, gentlemen, we come to the subject of leather.

Very few people realize what leather really is...

and what it means to mankind.

Where would we be without leather?

I ask you.

It's leather that turns the wheels of our industries!

It's leather in the time of war...

furnishes our horses with harness to pull the cannons...

to conquer our enemies!

And then, where would Napoleon have been...

without leather to make a saddle?

He'd have been riding bareback!

And then think!

Think of shoes!

Without them, we would be uncivilized.

Barefoot like tea garoni.

Could we walk through snow and slush barefoot?