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The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

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Release Date: Sep 15, 1950 Wide

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Release Date: Sep 15, 1950 Wide

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Hot on the heels of such Red Skelton slapstick comedies as The Fuller Brush Man and The Yellow Cab Man came The Fuller Brush Girl, starring Lucille Ball in a fascinating dry run for her wacky "Lucy Ricardo" TV character. Unable to hold a job because of her tendency to get into trouble, Sally Elliot (Ball) hires on at the Fuller Brush company as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman. After several misadventures involving obnoxious children and snooty matrons, Sally finds herself in the middle of a

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Lloyd Bacon

In Theaters: Sep 15, 1950 Wide

On DVD: Jul 14, 1993

Cast

Lucille Ball
Sally Elliot
Eddie Albert
Humphrey Briggs
Carl Benton Reid
Christy
Gale Robbins
Ruby Rawlings
Jeff Donnell
Jane Bixby
Jerome Cowan
Harvey Simpson
John Litel
Mr. Martin
Fred Graham
Rocky Mitchell
Lee Patrick
Claire Simpson
Arthur Space
Inspector Rodgers
Sid Tomack
Banks the theatre manag...
Billy Vincent
Punchy
Lorin Raker
Deval
Lelah Tyler
Mrs. North
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. East
Louis Austin
Mrs. West
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. South
Isabel Withers
Mrs. Finley
Gregory Marshall
Alvin/Albert
Val Avery
Burlesque Patron
Jay Barney
Fingerprint Man
Paul Bryar
Couple
Paul E. Burns
Stage Doorman
Cliff Clark
Ship's Captain
Joseph Crehan
Captain of Police Boat
John Doucette
Sumner Getchell
Magazine Salesman
Chuck Hamilton
Myron Healey
Employee
Jack Little
George Lloyd
Sea Captain on Dock
Bud Osborne
Old Sailor
Barbara Pepper
Woman Watching TV
Sid Saylor
Wardrobe Man
Red Skelton
Himself
Frank Wilcox
Roberts
Jean Willes
Mary
Joel Robinson
Gail Bonney
Baby Sitter
Cy Malis
Joe Palma
Cop
James L. Kelly
Comic
Shirley Whitney
Dancer
Robert Hyatt
Henry

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This movie is incredibly too silly and goofy, and the gags just go on and on even after they aren't funny anymore. There are some good actors in the movie, but that doesn't help.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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This is an early gem of Lucille Ball at her comic best. The perfectly timed dead-pan looks and incredulous expressions set her in our minds, as surely as a home perm, to establish her as a comic genius that others in her wake can only aspire to. Her equally great skill was to carve a path, scratching and fighting in a

November 6, 2011

Grant McCahon

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