Чарлі Прайс завжди був повною невдахою - недивно, що саме йому судилося довести до ручки існуючий десятиріччями сімейний бізнес - взуттєву фабрику. Але саме у цей момент відбувається диво, якого бідолаха вже і не чекав. Причому, диво в пір'ї. Буквально! Зірка кабаре Саймон, здоровенний чорношкірий співак, що обожнює химерні наряди, і його колеги, потребують великої партії дивовижного сценічного взуття на зразок рожевих чобіт на величезних каблуках. І Чарлі виявляється єдиним, хто здатний виконати це дивне замовлення...
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
VICTOIRE traces the story of Victoire Du Sault, founder of the shoemaking industry at the origin of the Dufresne fortune, better known for the castle that bears their name in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Although the entrepreneurial spirit and professional career of this visionary command admiration, it is above all her romantic impulses which form the heart of this melodrama where impossible love, a sulfurous love triangle and a family secret intertwine. upsetting which risks leaving no one unscathed.
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.
Examines the 1937 shoe strike in Lewiston and Auburn, Me. through interviews with surviving participants