Faced with the reality that their dream home is just out of reach, young lovers humphrey briggs eddie albert, oklahoma. Milquetoast humphrey briggs eddie albert and his impetuous girlfriend, sally elliot lucille ball, are office workers at a shipping firm whose corrupt owner, harvey simpson jerome cowan, uses his company as a front for a. I still have the fuller brush girl on vhs when it was broadcasted on tbs back in 1985. The film came out in 1950, a year before i love lucy.
There have been movies made about fuller brush charactersthe fuller brush man 1948 with red skelton, and the fuller brush girl 1950 with lucille ball. Watch the fuller brush girl starring lucille ball in this comedy on directv. Released 1950, the fuller brush girl stars lucilleball, eddiealbert, carlbentonreid, galerobbins the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The fuller brush girl 1950 the movie database tmdb. The fuller brush girl watch full episodes and clips. Complete with blowing up a switchboard via facial powder, slathering ladies hair with balding creme, performing her own version of burlesque, and drunkenly saving the day, this movie is a gem full of laugh out loud moments. With lucille ball, eddie albert, carl benton reid, gale robbins.
Red skelton is at his finest, both in verbal comedy as well as in physical slapstick galore. Consolidated foods, now sara lee corporation, acquired fuller brush in 1968. Hot on the heels of such red skelton slapstick comedies as red skelton and red skelton came the fuller brush girl, starring lucille ball in a fascinating dry run for her wacky lucy ricardo tv character. The fuller brush girl 1950 milquetoast humphrey briggs eddie albert and his impetuous girlfriend, sally elliot lucille ball, are office workers at a. But when the bumbling sally stumbles upon a murder in progress, she becomes the number one. But when humphreys employer and his wife are both murdered by smugglers using their business as a front, the blame for the crime falls squarely on sally. The fuller brush man, starring red skelton and janet blair. The screen guild theater broadcast a 30minute radio adaptation of the movie on january 20, 1949 with red skelton and janet blair reprising their film roles. Things get worse when one of her customers is murdered and she becomes the prime suspect. My biggest regret is that the movie is not in color. When an accident causes simpsons rich and jealous wife lee patrick to assume hes cheating on her, the lovebirds get.
The fuller brush girl 1950 09151950 us comedy 1h 25m user score. And when red skelton played the title role in the fuller brush man 1948, maybe it was obvious that he would be shown giving his lady clients a demonstration of his wares. And the publicity set mimics this, along with the movie s romantic plot, by addressing the issue of whats the best way for her to take dictation. The fuller brush girl is a movie starring lucille ball, eddie albert, and carl benton reid.
The fuller brush girl the 1950 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. 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 doortodoor cosmetics salesman. Scatterbrained sally elliott tries to get a job as a fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows. Ball plays a quirky doortodoor cosmetics saleswoman for the fuller brush company. In 1991, the company was placed in private ownership but, in 1994, it became a subsidiary of cpac inc. While directed by lloyd bacon, the real soul of the movie is tashlin, who basically comes up with inventive gag after great inventive gag.
In a nutshell, the fuller brush man is one of the funniest movies ive ever seen. Fuller brush manufacturing operations are moved to great. Wanting to get married to bumbling steamship company file clerk humphrey. Fuller brush girl, the scatterbrained sally elliott gets a job as a fuller brush girl and, as expected, her attempts at selling cosmetics doortodoor are disastrous. She and her fiance humphrey get involved in a smuggling scheme. Watch the fuller brush girl online stream full movie. The fuller brush girl is a 1950 slapstick comedy starring lucille ball and directed by lloyd bacon. The fuller brush man 1948, starring red skelton, janet blair. Read the full synopsis of the fuller brush girl, 1950, directed by lloyd bacon, with lucille ball, eddie albert, carl benton reid, at turner classic movies. The film also stars eddie albert and has an uncredited cameo by red skelton who had starred in the tashlinscripted the.
The fuller brush man was a successful enough to launch a sequel, the fuller brush girl, starring lucille ball and eddie albert, with a small appearance by red skelton. The fuller brush line expands to include 340 products including aerosols, detergents and more. Milquetoast humphrey briggs eddie albert and his impetuous girlfriend, sally elliot lucille ball, are office workers at a shipping firm whose corrupt owner, harvey simpson jerome cowan, uses. The fuller brush girl has been ranked 301 times, wins 40. Purchase the fuller brush girl on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The fuller brush girl follows the scatterbrained sally elliot lucille ball who, wanting to get married to bumbling steamship company file clerk humphrey briggs eddie albert and needing the. The fuller brush girl movie posters from movie poster shop. It may have general signs of use such as minor fold separation and fold wear. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Milquetoast humphrey briggs eddie albert and his impetuous girlfriend, sally elliot lucille ball, are office workers at a shipping firm whose corrupt owner, harvey simpson jerome cowan, uses his company as a front for a massive smuggling operation.
Lucille ball on dinah shore show w gale gordon carol. She is a switchboard operator who accidentally blows up the switchboard and then becomes a fuller brush girl without the permission of the fuller brush company and it goes down hill from there. The fuller brush girl 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A riot from beginning to end, the fuller brush man may well be skeltons funniest film. The movie did have some laugh out loud scenes in it. The product brochure becomes a catalog with an annual print run of 5 million copies. At the time, cbs was considering bringing my favorite husband to television.
You really need to watch this movie and find out all she gets into. See more ideas about fuller brush, brush co and vintage housewife. The fuller brush man 1948 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. 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. As early as 1922 fuller brush was well enough known that the saturday evening post coined the term, fuller brush man. The fuller brush girl follows the scatterbrained sally elliot lucille ball who, wanting to get married to bumbling steamship company file clerk humphrey briggs eddie albert and. Hot on the heels of such red skelton slapstick comedies as the. Buy the fuller brush girl movie posters from movie poster shop.
Scatterbrained sally elliott tries to get a job as a fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friends kit without. Milquetoast humphrey briggs eddie albert and his impetuous girlfriend, sally elliot lucille ball, are office workers at a shipping firm whose corrupt owner, harvey simpson jerome cowan, uses his company as a. The fuller brush girl 1950 watch free movies online in. The fuller brush company sells branded and private label products for personal care as well as commercial and household cleaning. The fuller brush girl is a 1950 columbia pictures movie. Red skelton, who played the title role in the fuller brush man 1948 makes a cameo here in character. This movie definitely shows lucys ability to do physical comedy and is kind of like whats to come a year later when lucy debuted in i love lucy. The fuller brush girl 1950 scratchpad fandom powered. The fuller brush girl comedy faced with the reality that their dream home is just out of reach, young lovers humphrey briggs eddie albert, oklahoma. As in so many movies the girl is used as a tool for men to gawk at. It was successful enough in 1948 to spawn a series of imitations the good humor man, the fuller brush girl, the yellow cab man, kill the umpire all of which, like fuller brush man, were coscripted by the inexhaustibly inventive frank tashlin.
The basic plot has red skelton playing the part of red jones, a wellmeaning young man who keeps getting fired from every job hes ever held within three. Read the the fuller brush girl movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Watch the fuller brush girl online stream full movie directv. The fuller brush girl nr, 1 hr 25 min classics, comedy, drama. A daffy doortodoor saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation. The fuller brush girl has got to be one of lucille balls funniest movies made. The fuller brush girl is one you dont want to miss. Watch the fuller brush girl online 1950 movie yidio. Scatterbrained sally elliott tries to get a job as a fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friends kit without permission and her attempts at selling cosmetics doortodoor are disastrous.
Complete parodies list the fuller brush girl 1950 thomas, the fuller brush girl 1950 tugs, the fuller brush girl 1950 shining time station, the fuller brush girl 1950 skarloey, the fuller brush girl 1950 jack and the pack, the fuller brush girl 1950 warrior, the fuller. A prime example of the future queen of comedy she would become, the fuller brush girl showcases lucille balls talents wonderfully. In her films for simon, she got to work on the physical side of the character, showing off the slapstick skills she had developed working with buster keaton during his days as a gag man at mgm. And all of them are worked out in live action to perfection. Seeing a pre lucy ricardo lucille ball and oliver wendell douglas eddie albert is hilarious. Wanting to get married to bumbling steamship company file clerk humphrey briggs eddie albert and needing the money to buy a house, the scatterbrained sally elliot lucille ball takes a job selling cosmetics doortodoor. The fuller brush man also has been a part of various cartoons. Definition of fuller brush man in the idioms dictionary. The fuller brush girl 1950 stream and watch online. In this slapstick comedy, an unfortunate fuller brush salesman, red jones red skelton, finds himself accidentally caught up in a murder. Suspected of being the killer, red must clear his name. Eddie albert and lucille ball in the fuller brush girl 1950 eddie albert in the fuller brush girl 1950 eddie. Fuller brush manufacturing operations are moved to great bend, kansas by the new owners, sara lee corporation.
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