Harold Lloyd in his second talkie, now showing at the Uptown theatre, has escaped the clutches of the Chinese who afforded him so few breathing spells in his first effort, and has returned to the human fly stunts of "Safety Last," his most successful silent film. This time the thrills are even more sensational and apparently more daring.

The plot is the usual comedy of an inefficient shoe salesman who accidentally rises in social standing for an evening, finds himself a gentleman stow-away on the "Malolo" going from Honolulu to San Francisco in company with the head of his firm and his boss's pretty secretary of whom our hero is enamoured. He makes his escape two jumps ahead of the Captain in a mail sack on board an airplane in a ship-to-shore service, only to be landed in Los Angeles on a painter's platform on the side of a skyscraper. At that point we are entertained for about half an hour with antics on the face of the building which are the best of the picture.

Barbara Kent as the secretary is satisfactory from the standpoint of looks, also acts well enough for the feminine lead in a one-man show. The supporting cast, while naturally in the background, is unusually good.

The funiest scenes all through the picture are the ones where there is no talking. Much as this reviewer appreciates the speaking screen, the old "funny men" are not as funny as they used to be in pantomine. However this should not defer anyone from seeing "Feet First," as there is enough comedy of both varieties to go around.