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The First Traveling Saleslady is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Arthur Lubin released in USA on 1 august 1956 with Ginger Rogers
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
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Add to a movie listThe First Traveling Saleslady was a 1956 American film, starring Ginger Rogers and Carol Channing. Commercially unsuccessful, it was among the films that helped to close RKO Pictures.
Future western icons Clint Eastwood and James Arness have supporting roles in the film.
Synopsis
Corset company owner and independent-thinking suffragette Rose Gillray has her wagon struck by a new-fangled horseless carriage in 1897 New York. This so-called automobile is the proud new possession of Charlie Masters, who tells her it's the transportation means of the future.Actors
Ginger Rogers
(Rose Gillray)
Carol Channing
(Molly Wade)
Barry Nelson
(Charles Masters)
David Brian
(James Carter)
James Arness
(Joel Kingdom)
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