Earthworm Tractors

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.

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• Comedy romance earthworm tractors 1936 classic movie film full length old black and white
• Plot summary
• Cast
• References

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.

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

Frederick Schmitt as tractor driving stunt double for Joe E. Brown