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Traveling Salesman (1921)

Traveling Salesman poster
Directed by
Joseph Henabery
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveling salesman gets into a series of comedic misunderstandings. The film follows his antics as he tries to sell goods and navigate tricky social situations.

lightheartedplayfulbriskcomedicsilent-eramischievoussillywhimsicalold-fashioned

What happens

The Traveling Salesman is a 1921 American silent comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. It is based on a 1908 play, The Traveling Salesman, by James Grant Forbes. A 1916 film adaptation of the play starred Frank McIntyre, who had also starred in the play. A print of The Traveling Salesman with German intertitles survives at the George Eastman House. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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