The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)

★ 5.5 1h 32m IMDb

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.

The First Traveling Saleslady

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Cast

Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers as Rose Gillray Died 1995 · Independence, Missouri, USA Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the twentieth century. During h...
Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson as Charles Masters Died 2007 · San Francisco, California, USA From Wikipedia Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond..
Carol Channing
Carol Channing as Molly Wade Age 105 · Seattle, Washington, USA Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) was an American actress, singer, dancer and comedian. Known for starring in Broadway and film musicals, her characters typically radiated a fervent expres...
David Brian
David Brian as James Carter Died 1993 · New York City, New York, U.S. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David Brian (August 5, 1914, New York City – July 15, 1993) was an American actor and dancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Brian, lice...
James Arness
James Arness as Joel Kingdom Died 2011 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness (formerly had been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood as Jack Rice Age 95 · San Francisco, California, USA Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American film actor, director, producer, composer, and former politician. Following his breakthrough role on the TV series "Rawhide" (1959–65), E...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 6/10 Jan 09, 2022
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.

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