The slow seller

Movie
German title	The slow seller
Original title	Who's Minding the Store?
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1963
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Frank Tashlin
script	Harry virtue
production	Paul Jones
music	Joseph J. Lilley
camera	W. Wallace Kelley
cut	John Woodcock
occupation
Jerry Lewis : Norman Phiffier Jill St. John : Barbara Tuttle Ray Walston : Mr. Quimby John McGiver : Mr. John P. Tuttle Agnes Moorehead : Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle Francesca Bellini : Shirley Lott Peggy Mondo : wrestler Nancy Kulp : Emily Rothgraber John Abbott : Roberts Isobel Elsom : Hazel Kathleen Freeman : Mrs. Glucksman Fritz Feld : Irving Cahastrophe Robert Carson : Mr. Salzbury Milton Frome : Francois Mary Treen : Mattress Customer Dick Wessel : traffic cop Jerry Hausner : Smith Richard Deacon : Tie Seller

The shop keeper (OT: Who's Minding the Store? ) Is an American comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin from 1963. The main roles in the film, which was also called Jerry - the shop keeper , play Jerry Lewis and Jill St. John .

action

Norman Phiffier makes a living doing small jobs like dog sitting. But because he would like to marry his girlfriend Barbara Fuller, he is looking for permanent work with which he can earn a lot of money. He doesn't know that his girlfriend is actually called Barbara Tuttle and that she is the daughter of the department store owner Phoebe Tuttle. She is not enthusiastic about the affair of her rebellious daughter and wants to get rid of Norman as quickly as possible with the help of the branch manager Mr. Quimby.

Under false pretenses, Norman gets a job at the Tuttle department store in New York City . There he should, according to Phoebe's will, deal with the worst tasks and finally give up, whereupon Barbara should realize what a failure her boyfriend is. But contrary to expectations, Norman does not give up, although some goods are destroyed and he is even injured by a hired wrestler. Barbara then explains to her mother that she has seen through her game and that Norman will soon be married. When she buys a wedding dress the next day, Phoebe forges new intrigues against Norman.

But when even Barbara's father, company president John P. Tuttle, approves the wedding, Phoebe's collar bursts. Before she can throw Norman out of the department store himself, he accidentally destroys the electronics department with a vacuum cleaner; Phoebe then reveals Barbara as her daughter. Norman is offended that Barbara never told him the truth; he quits and goes back to the poodle service. When Barbara and her parents also show up at the poodle service a little later, wearing apologies on their uniforms, he forgives them. In the end, Norman and Barbara happily embrace each other.

production

The slow shop was filmed from March 25th to May 22nd, 1963. It had its US premiere on November 28, 1963 and had its first performance in Germany on February 14, 1964.

criticism

The film service stated: "The comedian [Jerry Lewis] survives the over-the-top slapstick - in which swipes at some Americanisms are hidden - with the tried and tested grimace."

Trivia

The film contains the famous scene in which Lewis rhythmically operates the keys and the carriage return lever of an imaginary typewriter to the notes of Leroy Anderson's composition The Typewriter .

Web links

• The shop keeper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The shop keeper at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The slow seller. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .