The Gay Shoe Clerk

[AlexMustDie92]

Who filmed this?

[WLDFLD]

boy that woman at the end isn't much of an actor

[thymolebesque]

The most fascinating part of this video is the cut-in. This became very normal in later cinema, but was pretty rare at the time. The cut-in is one of the earliest forms of analytical editing and very important for the continuity editing!

[CrunchTHEkangaroo]

Dat ankle!

[Ecrivon]

What a hussy!

[2fakee]

the term gay applies then AND now

[JVbin]

I think a better name might have been 'The Foot Fetishist Shoe Clerk'.

[mattlandry5]

well, the women are played by men, so it COULD be homosexual...

[Pherolo]

@TheBirthOfFilm It's from Edwin S. Porter

[TinyLocomotive]

Fun fact: the close up is actually one of a man's leg. Apparently this is true, though for the life of me I can't think of a reason why Edison would have done it.

[bwayguy17]

when i first watched this, i was like "uh oh. she's showin' leg. uh oh! more leg! WOAH!!!! TOO MUCH LEG!!!" lol!!!

[tlbperks4]

Too funny!!

[ChevalierAguila]

Oh man, did you saw that ankle? Fapfapfapfapfapfap.

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Oh wow, yes you can see how he is gay. Look how he flits his wrist when he gets the shoes from the boxes.

[Nailscence]

Damn you, James Urbaniak.

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

very appropriate music! sounds like Joplin tune....

[zoza119]

MLIA

[iloveclassics50]

i was at champs shoes, and the clerk actually put my shoe on for me and laced it, i was quite shocked

[poosaypirate]

@iloveclassics50  did you get turned on ?

[victor2cutube]

damn I remember when they had people that did that got the shoes for u and put them on ur foot to see if they fit..

[BezanDarro]

That close-up is one of the first in cinema history.

[iscubidu]

that must be almost porn in 1904.

[dzlilb0i]

OMG What a perv. He deserved that beating for behaving like such trash! Also that ho should be arrested for public indecency. >:(

[ricnoah1993]

how was that gay

[cinus]

its not gay as in homosexual its gay as in happy jolly...

[ilove1994]

Gay happy not the other gay hahaha .

[GAMOM2]

Like "HAPPY". Really happy to have that job- access to Ladies feet, ankles and in this case lips.

[urbaniak]

That'll learn ya, perv.

[bondfool]

Those shoes... So ladylike.

[choc113]

What a brazen hussy!:)

[nebulus9]

That midi workstation soundtrack is awful.

[LittleLulu62]

That shoe clerk wasn't TOO gay, was he? ;)

[wattahhh]

i think it meant happy in those days

[LittleLulu62]

I know I know! ^_^

[nickjonasisminneee]

ahahahhaa

my pop culture teacher told us to watch this.

haha thats funnnyy

[MadameLil]

Still funny after all these years ...

I'd love to see more early Edison films on YT, such as Laughing Gas (1907) which features one of THE first African-American actress on the screen.