Preceded by short:The Pip from Pittsburgh (James Parrott, U.S., 1931). A classic Charley Chase slapstick comedy from Hal Roach studios, co-starring the beautiful but ill-fated Thelma Todd. Preserved from nitrate negative. (c. 20 mins, B&W, 35mm, Courtesy LC, permission Hallmark Entertainment)A superb little film about machinations in a New York department store, Employees' Entrance (captures) real urban tensions....The key is Warren William's devastating characterization of the store's general manager, whose system shows not a trace of the smiling one-minute-manager: "My code is smash or be smashed." William, always superb as a shyster professional...is here obsessive for success, dropping "deadwood" thirty-year employees without a moment's hesitation and vowing that his assistants not be distracted by women. "Sure I like 'em. In their place." The undistinguished storyline includes some business about a hidden marriage and (thanks to pre-Production Code release) what we'd call on-the-job sexual harassment, but the script is invariably witty. In the context of Depression economics, William's ruthless business sense is at least half-admirable, so don't hold your breath waiting for him to mellow.-Scott SimmonPreserved from original negative.