The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) on Netflix
Rose Gillray's New York corset business is failing. She owes money to steel maker Jim Carter, who offers her his barbed wire to sell in the West. Singer Molly Wade goes along.
- Watch on NetflixThis title is not on Netflix right now. Please check back later for updates.
- Watch on Prime
- Watch on NordVPN
- Netflix2.7/5
- IMDb5.4/10889 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
Trailer
Plot summary
Rose Gillray runs a corset company in New York and backs women's suffrage. In 1897 a horseless carriage driven by Charlie Masters strikes her wagon, and he calls the automobile the transportation of the future. Rose puts a new corset design on singer Molly Wade for a stage costume to promote sales, and the police close the show. Her business failing, she owes Jim Carter, whose steel works supplies the stays for her corsets. He offers her the chance to sell his barbed wire in the West. Rose travels to Kansas City with Molly, Charlie trailing behind.
Cast
- Johnny Leeas Amos
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The lead role was originally intended for Mae West, and the November 8, 1955 issue of The Hollywood Reporter said that Betty Grable was set to play Miss Rose Gillray.
- RKO's head of production, William Dozier, signed Channing to a five-year contract at two films a year, to begin with a musical remake of Stage Door, but RKO went out of business some time after the contract was signed.
- Commercially unsuccessful on release, The First Traveling Saleslady was among the films that helped to close the already struggling RKO Pictures.
