Comedy, Family
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Gremlins
The Women
Sweethearts on Parade
Blank Check
Safety Last!
Holiday Affair
Bachelor Mother
Peep World
Ladies in Black
Super Sweet 16: The Movie
Mannequin Two: On the Move
Christmas in July
You and Me
The Clock Watcher
The Floorwalker
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
The Good Fairy
Idiots
Last Holiday
The Ferpect Crime
SIMILAR MOVIES
Gremlins
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1984
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.The Women
IMDB 5.1 | Sep , 2008
The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.Sweethearts on Parade
IMDB 2.5 | Sep , 1930
Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husbands. They meet Bill and Hank, who make them reconsider whether they really need millionaires to be happy.Blank Check
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1994
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and compensates the boy with a blank check. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget.Safety Last!
IMDB 7.7 | Apr , 1923
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.Holiday Affair
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1949
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.Bachelor Mother
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1939
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.Peep World
IMDB 4.7 | Sep , 2010
On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.Ladies in Black
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2018
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.Super Sweet 16: The Movie
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2007
Two best friends try to outdo each other as their respective sweet 16 parties approach.Mannequin Two: On the Move
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1991
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's department store as a mannequin. When he encounters her, she awakens from her thousand-year sleep. They quickly revive their romance, but the evil wizard has been reincarnated as well, and he's up to no good.Christmas in July
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1940
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.You and Me
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1938
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.The Clock Watcher
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1945
Donald takes a job as a gift wrapper in a department store.The Floorwalker
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1916
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.Bluebeard's 8th Wife
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1938
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.The Good Fairy
IMDB 7.1 | Feb , 1935
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining her purity. Luisa's well-meaning lies get her caught between a lecherous businessman, Konrad, and a decent but confused doctor, Max Sporum. When Luisa convinces Konrad that she's married to Max, Konrad tries everything he can to get rid of the baffled doctor.Idiots
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2026
When two unqualified bozos are hired to transfer a rich teen to rehab, their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem.Last Holiday
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2006
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Williams.The Ferpect Crime
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2004
A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.