Earthworm Tractors

Earthworm Tractors
Earthworm Tractors
	Film still with June Travis and Joe E. Brown
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	(writer); Richard Macaulay (writer); Paul Gerard Smith (writer); (writer); William Hazlett Upson (stories)
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff (producer); Hal B. Wallis (executive producer)
Starring	Joe E. Brown; June Travis
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Edited by
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 24, 1936;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright^[1] 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.

Plot summary[]

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.^[2]

Cast[]

Joe E. Brown as Alexander Botts
June Travis as Mabel Johnson
Guy Kibbee as Sam Johnson
Dick Foran as Emmet McManus
Carol Hughes as Sally Blair
Gene Lockhart as George Healey
Olin Howland as Mr. Blair
Joseph Crehan as Mr. Henderson
Charles C. Wilson as H.J. Russell
William B. Davidson as Mr. Jackson
Irving Bacon as Taxicab Driver
Stuart Holmes as The Doctor
as tractor driving stunt double for Joe E. Brown

Copyright status[]

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell copies of the film. Many of the versions of this film available are badly edited and of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation copies.

Soundtrack[]

References[]

^ Variety film review; July 29, 1936, page 14.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; July 25, 1936, page 119.

External links[]

Earthworm Tractors at IMDb
Earthworm Tractors is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Variety film review; July 29, 1936, page 14.

[2] Harrison's Reports film review; July 25, 1936, page 119.

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