Earthworm Tractors
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Film still with June Travis and Joe E. Brown
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Produced by |
Samuel Bischoff (producer) Hal B. Wallis (executive producer) |
| Written by |
Hugh Cummings (writer) Richard Macaulay (writer) Paul Girard Smith (writer) Joe Traub (writer) William Hazlett Upson (stories) |
| Starring |
Joe E. Brown June Travis |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Doug Gould |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown and June Travis. The film is also known as A Natural Born Salesman in the United Kingdom.
The film is based on characters created by William Hazlett Upson in a series of stories that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. The series featured Alexander Botts, A Natural Born Salesman, and The Earthworm Tractor Company and was inspired in part by Upson's actual work experience with the Caterpillar Tractor Company.
In this slapstick romantic comedy, Alexander Botts is egged on by his sweetheart Sally to do great things, so he writes a letter to the Earthworm Tractor company, and is hired as a salesman. He gets fired more than once, but is rehired by getting orders. He falls in love with Mabel, daughter of cranky Sam. Eventually, he proves a super salesman by selling many tractors to Sam, and wins Mabel's love.
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