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The First Traveling Saleslady

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Producing House

At the turn of the century Rose and ex-showbiz friend Molly get involved in selling steel. When they come unstuck with corsets they embark on the even more hazardous project of selling barbed wire to highly suspicious Texas cowboys.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1956-08-01

Runtime: 92 mins

Director: Arthur Lubin

Writer: Devery Freeman, Stephen Longstreet

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy, Western

Original title: The First Traveling Saleslady

Production Companies: Arthur Lubin Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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Partly good, partly not so. <em>'The First Traveling Saleslady'</em> is acted out well throughout by the likes of Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing and Barry Nelson, I have no issues with the main cast, but unfortunately the rest of the film is forgettable. The big negative, for me, is the humour which, pretty much entirely, is way more miss than hit - for example, but not limited to, the Native American 'jokes'. Clint Eastwood's career is, at this point in time, on the peripheral of exploding, though this is only his second credited role - after 1955's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/francis-in-the-navy/">Francis in the Navy</a>'</em>. He gives a solid enough, if still a tad wooden, performance. As for the film, with a fair few tweaks it could've been a fun little production. As is, though, it's not one I'll be remembering.
2022-01-09

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