The plot may have been inspired by Emile Cohl's Matrimonial Shoes, (French: Les chaussures matrimoniales) from 1909, a shorter film with a similar storyline and animation.

[2] Vacationing at the seashore, Max reserves a room at the same time as a pretty woman (Lucy d'Orbel).

The shoes are left in the corridor for polishing, and perform an animated dance of courtship while their owners are asleep.

The next morning Max seeks inspiration among the rocks as the woman sits on a bench.

Their shoes escape and run up a cliff and towards each other, meeting in front of a park bench.