to bring peppy miller to life, the director's wife spent hours studying classic hollywood legends like dietrich. >> i used to watch the way she winked and she smoked cigarettes and held her head and moved just because i needed to have a sense of what it was to be an american movie star. >> reporter: but perhaps even the best movie star of old couldn't have done quite so much with a coat rack. even her husband director was shocked. >> i was like trying this out and i thought, oh, i can do this. he said, oh, keep that. that is so funny. >> reporter: funny and charming. those are the two words most often used to describe this film. it's gotten rave reviews at the film festivals in can, toronto and tell uwe ride. some are talking an academy award. the last time a silent movie won an oscar it was the very first oscar ever given all the way back in 1927. >> to have this film to watch, it was so much fun. looked so easy. >> reporter: the l.a. times film critic sees just one down side to the art. >> the hardest thing about this film is to convince people that they're going to like it. i've bee

. >> it was nice peppy people. i didn't have to fight over 52 inch tv. it was nice. >> this store reported record sales on saturday. busy since the store opened at 10:00. >> the avenue was packed aall day. the people were excited about supporting small business and understand how vital it is for a community. >> this is the second year for small business saturday. created by american express to help the little guy in the wake of the big box stores. sandwiched between black friday and cyber-monday during one of the business jest shopping weekends of the year. >> they keep the community rich and healthy, and it also keeps the people together as a family. >> i'd love instead of seeing it be just small business saturday, the movement becomes small business first when people are urged to shop at small businesses first, and if you can't find something, go to the larger stores if need be. >> retailers big and small are counting on $465 billion in sales over the next few weeks. deborah weiner, wbal-tv 11 news. >> from the small stores to the giant, walt disney. t

to attack the shopping sales, but police say this woman literally attacked her fellow shoppers with peppyople waiting to get xbox 360s. one woman said she was behind the suspect in line for two hours waiting for the store to open. this woman was brag being having pepper spray. she never thought she would use it and police and fire officials are now saying that not only did she use it, but she wasn't defending herself. she was useing it to get in a better position to get the items she wanted and keep other shoppers away. 20 people injury and 10 directly by the pepper spray. another 10 were injured trying to get away from this woman. all minor injuries. authorities say it could have been much worse. meantime, the woman fled the scene and police are at this point still looking for her. >> out in california, kristin, thank you. >> anxious retailers are aggressively courting the 152 million people expected to shop this weekend. while the unemployment rate remains high at 9%, americans seem to be ready to shop. in florida, what's the mood like there? >> i have to tell you i am surprised that he

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