. . . eleven times with an umbrella to see the Wicked-Witch-of-the-East type stockings of an over-dressed old maidy-looking chick, and maybe getting a peck in on her cheek? Of course, with the Edison film exploitation flicks, you never REALLY know what you are getting. For instance, there was one about a spinster posing for a picture in a portrait studio who was so UGLY she made the picture collage, mirror, and clock fall off the wall by just LOOKING at them, before breaking the camera! It turns out this so-called "woman" actually was played by a man! No doubt the LADY DISROBES ON TRAPEZE also actually was a man, and since the alleged female shoe shopper in THE GAY STORE CLERK is uncredited--along with her feisty, umbrella-wielding mom, both of these anonymous actors COULD BE MEN. At least today when you have transvestites, movie regulations have to inform the viewer who's what (i.e., everyone knows that the Robin Williams playing MRS. DOUBTFIRE is REALLY a man, even though he has a girl's name).
Review of The Gay Shoe Clerk
