The first traveling saleslady
She knows the ROPES and all the JOKES!
1956 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Arthur Lubin |
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| Writer: | Devery Freeman, Stephen Longstreet |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1956 |
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| Director: | Arthur Lubin |
| Writer: | Devery Freeman, Stephen Longstreet |
| Genres: | Western, Comedy |
| Keywords | salesman, corset |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures, Arthur Lubin Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ginger Rogers | Rose Gillray |
| Barry Nelson | Charles Masters |
| Carol Channing | Molly Wade |
| David Brian | James Carter |
| James Arness | Joel Kingdom |
| Clint Eastwood | Jack Rice |
| Robert F. Simon | Cal |
| Frank Wilcox | Duncan |
| Dan White | Sheriff |
| Harry Cheshire | Judge Benson |
| Johnny Lee | Amos |
| Hank Patterson | Courtroom Spectator |
| Robert Easton | Delivery Boy |
| Bess Flowers | Restaurant Patron |
| Lovyss Bradley | |
| Allen Jaffe | Courtroom Spectator |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Lubin | Director |
| Devery Freeman | Writer |
| William E. Snyder | Director of Photography |
| Stephen Longstreet | Writer |
| Irving Gertz | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Hal Levy | Lyricist |
| Otto Ludwig | Supervising Editor |
| Edward Donahue | Production Supervisor |
| Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
| Stanford Houghton | Sound |
| Terry Kellum | Sound |
| Bert Schoenfeld | Sound Effects Editor |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
| Frank Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Arthur Lubin | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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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 whi ... ch, 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.