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Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright[1] and starring Joe E. Brown, June Travis and Guy Kibbee. 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, an eternally optimistic self-proclaimed "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: A salesman tries to sell tractors to an old-fashioned lumberman, despite the man being opposed to tractors of any kind. The daughter of the lumberman encourages the salesman, so he pulls out all stops to sell the tractors and win the woman's love. It's not going to be easy.
Credits
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
Directed by Ray Enright
Screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Richard Macaulay, Paul Gerard Smith,
Joe Traub & Peter Milne
Based on short stories in The Saturday Evening Post
by William Hazlett Upson
Produced by Samuel Bischoff (producer)
Hal B. Wallis (executive producer)
Cinematography Arthur L. Todd
Edited by Doug Gould
Music by Leo F. Forbstein
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, an eternally optimistic self-proclaimed "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: A salesman tries to sell tractors to an old-fashioned lumberman, despite the man being opposed to tractors of any kind. The daughter of the lumberman encourages the salesman, so he pulls out all stops to sell the tractors and win the woman's love. It's not going to be easy.
Credits
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
Directed by Ray Enright
Screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Richard Macaulay, Paul Gerard Smith,
Joe Traub & Peter Milne
Based on short stories in The Saturday Evening Post
by William Hazlett Upson
Produced by Samuel Bischoff (producer)
Hal B. Wallis (executive producer)
Cinematography Arthur L. Todd
Edited by Doug Gould
Music by Leo F. Forbstein
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00:01:32Hiya
00:01:34Hiya, Emmett
00:01:35Sally
00:01:36Hello, Sally
00:01:39Hello, Emmett
00:01:41How are you, Mr. Blair?
00:01:45Oh, good, good
00:01:46I came over to take you and Sally for a ride
00:01:48Well, I'd like to, Emmett
00:01:49But Alexander Botts is in town
00:01:51And we're expecting him
00:01:53You still get letters from that guy?
00:01:54Oh, yes
00:01:55In what letters?
00:01:57What's he doing now?
00:01:59Oh, well, he wrote me he's selling some absolutely sensational products
00:02:02You know, he's a wonderful salesman
00:02:04Oh, he's a salesman
00:02:06Well, don't laugh
00:02:07From what he says in his letters, he's a natural-born salesman
00:02:11Well, I'll just take the pie
00:02:13How about it?
00:02:14Well, I was going to call on a prospect
00:02:15But I guess I can always take time out for a piece of one of my's pies
00:02:18Look
00:02:19Hiya, folks
00:02:39Hiya, Sally
00:02:40Hiya, Mr. Blair
00:02:41Hiya, Emmett
00:02:42Hello, Botts
00:02:44Gosh, it's great to see you, Sally
00:02:46Well, it's good to see you, Alexander
00:02:48Yeah
00:02:48Did you get my letter?
00:02:50Letter?
00:02:51Two a day
00:02:52Come on, Pop, let's go get that pie
00:02:54Pie?
00:02:57What kind of pie?
00:02:59Green apple pie
00:03:00Green apple?
00:03:02That's my favorite color
00:03:04You talk about salesmanship
00:03:06Say, I had a letter from the factory this morning
00:03:08Telling me that I was outselling every man on the sales force
00:03:11If I wasn't a natural-born salesman
00:03:13I wouldn't have been able to sell the Pleap Tool Company
00:03:15Gosh, you must have had a fine commission
00:03:16Why, that Peap Tool Company is one of the biggest tool concerns in the country
00:03:20I guess I did get a pretty big commission at that
00:03:22I haven't figured it out yet
00:03:23Guess I better
00:03:24Let me see
00:03:27Six times six is thirty-six
00:03:29And four
00:03:30F.O.B. plus the insurance
00:03:33Six
00:03:34Almost forgot the zoning rates
00:03:36Plus seventeen
00:03:38And six
00:03:40Plus four
00:03:43Six and eight
00:03:44Times seven
00:03:46There you are
00:03:48There it is
00:03:49What is it?
00:03:50Three dollars and five cents
00:03:52Three dollars and five cents?
00:03:53Oh, Alexander
00:03:55I thought you were selling something worthwhile
00:03:57Oh, what are you doing, but
00:03:59Selling birdseed?
00:04:01Birdseed nothing
00:04:02Now, folks
00:04:04Undoubtedly, you want to know what this is
00:04:06The idea of this little novelty is to bring you health
00:04:09It opens the pores
00:04:10Clears the eyes
00:04:11Takes your mind off business worries
00:04:13And last but not least
00:04:14Brings laughter back into the life of the working man
00:04:16All you do, folks
00:04:18Is just to blow through the little pipe
00:04:19And attach the cork onto the hook
00:04:21It's simple
00:04:22Watch
00:04:23There you are, folks
00:04:32But don't take my word for it
00:04:33Here, try it yourself
00:04:34So this is what you sell
00:04:36Well, Bots, you're nothing but a peddler
00:04:38Well, is that so?
00:04:39Let me tell you something
00:04:40It takes real salesmanship to sell a thing like that
00:04:43I'll tell you right now, Bots
00:04:45I don't want my daughter to have anything to do with a peddler
00:04:47And I'll appreciate it if you don't bother selling anymore
00:04:49Until you become a more respectable citizen
00:04:51Come on, Emmett
00:04:52Let you and I go get a piece of ma's pie
00:04:54Goodbye, Mr. Bots
00:04:55I hope
00:04:56Sally
00:05:05You don't think I'm a peddler, do you?
00:05:08Of course not, Alexander
00:05:09When he's selling little gadgets like that
00:05:12Well, it's not dignified
00:05:14Oh
00:05:15I see
00:05:17Oh, gosh
00:05:19I just happened to think I've got an appointment out at the hotel
00:05:21Oh, I'm sorry, Alexander
00:05:24But you really ought to get out and do something important
00:05:26If you're going to be a salesman
00:05:28Well, sell something big
00:05:29Something worthwhile
00:05:31Say, you don't have to feel sorry for me
00:05:33I won't always be selling little gadgets
00:05:34A natural-born salesman like me can sell anything
00:05:37Steamship
00:05:44That's it
00:05:45That's what I'll sell
00:05:46Say, that ought to be big enough for anyone
00:05:49But you can't sell steamships
00:05:51Be practical
00:05:52No
00:05:53Bridges
00:05:57What about bridges?
00:05:58Bridges?
00:05:59Yeah, sure
00:06:00Some people buy bridges
00:06:02Oh, no
00:06:03No
00:06:04Well, then
00:06:06Tractors
00:06:08Earth-worm tractors
00:06:10That's it
00:06:12That's big
00:06:12That's important
00:06:13That's worthwhile
00:06:14Well, that's right
00:06:15Now you're talking
00:06:16Can I have this?
00:06:18Oh, sure
00:06:18Look, Sally
00:06:19I've got to be running along
00:06:20But I'll write to you
00:06:21The next time you hear from me
00:06:22I'll be selling earth-worm tractors
00:06:24I'm going to make a big success of this
00:06:26And when I do
00:06:27I'm going to come back for you
00:06:28Will you be waiting for me?
00:06:29Oh, certainly, Alexander
00:06:31Yeah
00:06:31Goodbye, Sally
00:06:51Alexander Botts listening
00:06:57If you want to laugh, H.J., read that
00:07:04Earth-worm tractor company
00:07:08Earth-worm city, Illinois
00:07:09Gentlemen
00:07:09I am a natural-born salesman
00:07:11Have a very quick mind
00:07:12I'm honest and reliable
00:07:14In fact, I have a positive genius
00:07:15For ferreting out sales
00:07:17I became acquainted with your earthworms
00:07:19As a member of the motorized field artillery
00:07:21In the army
00:07:21I am an expert on tractors
00:07:23As well as a super salesman
00:07:25And I might add
00:07:26That I am also a master mechanic
00:07:28When do I start to work?
00:07:29Very truly yours, Alexander Botts
00:07:31Have you ever heard of this
00:07:33Alexander Botts, Henderson?
00:07:34No, sir, never
00:07:34And I think I know
00:07:35Every tractor salesman of the country
00:07:37This man's either a phony or a nut
00:07:38Maybe you're right
00:07:39But I like his letter
00:07:40It shows the kind of nerve
00:07:42It takes to make sales
00:07:43Let's give him a chance
00:07:44And see what he can do
00:07:44Oh, now, please, Mr. Russell
00:07:46Not as a salesman
00:07:46Now, let's see
00:07:47Healy has been asking me for a mechanic
00:07:50And Botts says he's a master mechanic, doesn't he?
00:07:52According to his letter
00:07:53He's a master of everything
00:07:54Personally, I like a man
00:07:55Who knows his own abilities
00:07:56And isn't afraid to tell them
00:07:57I'm going to give him a trial
00:07:59Okay, you're the boss
00:08:00The son
00:08:01Take a letter
00:08:02Alexander Botts
00:08:03I'm going to have him meet Healy
00:08:04At the Robert E. Lee Hotel
00:08:06In Cypress City, Mississippi
00:08:07Alexander Botts
00:08:23Coming
00:08:24How do you do, sir?
00:08:27Are you Alexander Botts?
00:08:28That's me, brother
00:08:29Well, I'm George Healy
00:08:30Of the Earthworm Tractor Company
00:08:31Well, Mr. Healy
00:08:32How do you do, sir?
00:08:34Come right in
00:08:34And sit down
00:08:35Thank you
00:08:35I was just writing another letter
00:08:38To the home office
00:08:39I understand, Mr. Healy
00:08:40That you need a lot of help down here
00:08:42Oh, you do, do you?
00:08:43Mm-hmm
00:08:43And with me on the job, Mr. Healy
00:08:45Your troubles are over
00:08:47Now, wait a minute
00:08:47I think there's a slight misunderstanding
00:08:48I've been getting along very, very well
00:08:50I merely sent to the home office
00:08:51For a man to demonstrate a tractor for me
00:08:53Well, I can do that
00:08:54And more
00:08:55You're, uh, new in the tractor line, aren't you?
00:08:59Well, in a sense, yes
00:09:00And in a sense, no
00:09:01But in any sense, selling is my meat
00:09:03Mr. Healy
00:09:04You see in me a natural-born salesman
00:09:07That's very interesting, Mr. Botts
00:09:09But I understood I was getting a mechanic
00:09:10That's right, you are
00:09:12You're not only getting a mechanic, Mr. Healy
00:09:14You're getting a master mechanic
00:09:15And think how much better it'll be
00:09:17To get a master mechanic
00:09:18Who also is a super salesman
00:09:20Now, where are those tractors?
00:09:22Let's get right to work on this
00:09:24The tractor is down at the freight depot
00:09:25But let's drop that for a moment
00:09:26All I want to know is
00:09:27Can you operate an earthworm tractor?
00:09:29Can I operate an earthworm tractor?
00:09:32That's what I said
00:09:33Well, generally speaking, yes and no
00:09:36It says here that you were in the motorized field artillery
00:09:40Which used earthworms exclusively, is that right?
00:09:43Yes, sir, that's right
00:09:44That's right
00:09:45Mr. Botts
00:09:46I don't like to doubt your veracity
00:09:48But I don't believe you've ever seen the army
00:09:50Oh, oh, you don't, huh?
00:09:53Well, just maintain your predicament
00:09:55Let's take a look at that
00:10:02I was company cook
00:10:05Battery 127th Field Artillery
00:10:07A cook
00:10:10Have you ever handled any kind of machinery?
00:10:13I certainly have
00:10:14For two years, I sold the Jiffy Razorblade sharpener
00:10:17Well, this is grand
00:10:19Fine, splendid
00:10:20Here I've got a tractor down at the depot
00:10:22Only waiting for a man to drive it for me
00:10:23I've got a deal all set with Jackson
00:10:25The biggest lumber dealer in town
00:10:26And then I'd draw a blank like you
00:10:28Calling me names won't do you any good, Mr. Healy
00:10:30Just think how lucky you are
00:10:32To have me here to work shoulder to shoulder with you
00:10:34With me on the job
00:10:35This fellow Johnson is practically sold
00:10:37The man's name isn't Johnson, it's Jackson
00:10:39Well, Johnson or Jackson
00:10:41They're all the same to me
00:10:42I sell anybody
00:10:43Excuse me
00:10:44Just want to tell them at the home office that you've reported
00:10:48What's in that bottle?
00:11:03Oh, shoe polish
00:11:04Shoe polish in a Scots bottle?
00:11:07Oh, you poisoned me, you lunatic
00:11:10You killed me and killed my sail
00:11:12Say, I'll put your sail through better than you could have done it yourself
00:11:15You stay away from my prospect
00:11:18Just relax, Mr. Healy
00:11:20I'll go right down there now
00:11:21Get the tractor, find Johnson and sell him quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
00:11:25It isn't Johnson, it's Jackson
00:11:26Don't you dare go near my prospect
00:11:28Mr. Healy
00:11:29I'm an independent salesman
00:11:31I take orders from no one
00:11:33You come back here, come back
00:11:34Captain, Mr. No, thanks
00:11:41Just breaking in a new pair of shoes
00:11:42Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
00:11:59Hey!
00:12:01Whoa
00:12:02Cease, firing
00:12:04Oh, I'm terribly sorry
00:12:06Oh, that's all right
00:12:07What's the matter? Stuck in the mud?
00:12:10What do you think?
00:12:11Well, I think that just the right young man came along to help you out
00:12:14Oh, I don't think anything short of a derrick is going to get me out of here
00:12:17You got a tow rope?
00:12:19No, I'm afraid I haven't
00:12:20No tow rope
00:12:21Well, stay right where you are
00:12:26I'll be right back
00:12:34I'm sorry
00:13:04busy no change your mind yeah i forgot my rubbers where to oh drive me to the elks
00:13:18i guess i should have put on my cheese but i think i'm all right
00:13:35i say faster yeah
00:13:48wait a minute wait a minute you'll pay for that glass or you'll see what our jail looks
00:14:13like listen smart guy you pay for my rent or i'll lay one on your chin quiet please quiet friends
00:14:20there's nothing to get excited about after all if any damage has been done it'll be paid for
00:14:25gladly money talks louder than words yeah who are you why my name is bots alexander bots my card
00:14:31please i represent the earthworm tractor company earthworm city illinois my company will take care
00:14:37of everything fully take care of everything how do we know that well alexander bots word is his
00:14:42bond sir do you doubt my veracity
00:14:45get going
00:14:49where can i take you i'm calling on a man named johnson who owns a lumberyard down near the railroad
00:15:00station i'm going to sell him a tractor johnson he's not interested in the tractor how do you know
00:15:07because i know him he happens to be my father your father well that's great this is a break
00:15:15i'm afraid you're wasting your time mr bots that won't be time wasted miss johnson the harder they
00:15:20come the easier i crack them that's salesmanship
00:15:23oh wait a minute i'll see if he's busy
00:15:28can't go in now the doctor's there doctor is your father sick
00:15:39get out of here i'm a sick man
00:15:41how is he today doctor he hasn't changed a bit
00:15:46well i i guess we can go in now
00:15:51oh by the way i forgot to tell you you'll have to talk rather loud
00:15:56father's a little hard of hearing
00:15:58dad i want you to young lady why are you late for work
00:16:07it's that car of mine it got stuck in the mud again
00:16:10you shouldn't allow for accidents like that
00:16:12who's this
00:16:13mr johnson i am alexander bots of the earthworm tractor company earthworm city illinois
00:16:18my company manufacturers what are you shouting at me for
00:16:21well i
00:16:23mr johnson i am alexander bots of the earthworm tractor company earthworm city illinois
00:16:27what will i do now come up closer and raise your voice just a little
00:16:34mr bots i am alexander johnson i mean i mean mr johnson i am alexander bots of the earthworm
00:16:43tractor company earthworm city illinois i answered your are you got you came
00:16:47i i came an answer to your letter letter what letter i haven't written a letter in 15 years
00:16:53well i well mr johnson the earthworm is the finest tractor on the market today earthworm tractor never
00:17:00heard of it stop watching that clock
00:17:03i was just going to remind you to take your pink pills
00:17:07oh
00:17:08mr johnson as i was saying the earthworm is
00:17:12young man i have no use for any newfangled inventions
00:17:14they'll save your breath
00:17:16well but mr johnson the earthworm is no newfangled invention
00:17:21why way back as far as the war
00:17:23war what war
00:17:25what
00:17:27well mr johnson the earthworm tractor has the most powerful motor in the world
00:17:33young man if you were selling mules all right listen to you but motors
00:17:37two months ago someone finally talked me into buying a truck and you know where it is now
00:17:42do you no you don't
00:17:44well i'll tell you where it is
00:17:45it's buried up to its axles in mud down in chippewa swamp
00:17:48yes well mr johnson may i make a little suggestion
00:17:50no
00:17:51what is it
00:17:52well i have an earthworm tractor down at the freight station will get your truck out of that swamp just like that
00:17:57you come along with me and i'll show you and if i don't get that truck out of that swamp
00:18:00you can chase me out of town
00:18:03no
00:18:04i haven't got time to run you out of town
00:18:06why don't you let him try it
00:18:07that truck isn't doing any good stuff in the swamp
00:18:10why should i waste my time
00:18:12there's no machine ever built that could stay on top of chippewa swamp
00:18:15mr johnson the earthworm tractor can stay on top of a cup of coffee
00:18:18and not a strong cup of coffee at that
00:18:20now if you want your truck back in the service i am the young man that can help you
00:18:24oh go on dad it won't cost you anything and you might get the truck back
00:18:28well it's only a waste of time
00:18:30but i'll go
00:18:31you stay here
00:18:32somebody's got to watch that clock watcher
00:18:34come on let's see that machine of yours young man
00:18:37good luck
00:18:39thank you
00:18:40hey
00:18:45don't look now but your clock has stopped
00:18:49there she is mr johnson
00:18:56whoa
00:18:58here we are
00:19:03there isn't she a beauty
00:19:06i don't see anything beautiful about it
00:19:08well hop in and we'll take a little spin
00:19:10what me riding that lopsided merry-go-round
00:19:12no sir
00:19:13why she's just as safe as your own front porch
00:19:16speak up
00:19:17speak up
00:19:18i say she's just as safe as on your own front porch
00:19:21well let's go over there and talk it over
00:19:23no no no no
00:19:24mr johnson up you go
00:19:25upsy daisy
00:19:26up you go sir
00:19:27there you are
00:19:28no trouble at all
00:19:29i know i'm not gonna like this
00:19:30oh you'll love it mr johnson
00:19:32go right over there and sit down
00:19:34now
00:19:37well now here we are
00:19:38now let's see
00:19:39that is the choke
00:19:42i think
00:19:43this is the ignition i believe
00:19:46and
00:19:47there is the clutch
00:19:49i imagine
00:19:50you think
00:19:51you believe
00:19:52you imagine
00:19:53don't you know
00:19:54well yes and no
00:19:55now
00:19:56oh yes
00:19:57there is the starter
00:20:05listen to that motor car
00:20:07sounds like the battle of bull run to me
00:20:10now
00:20:11come on you folks
00:20:12stay out of the way there
00:20:37you have to go
00:20:39and
00:20:40go
00:20:42and
00:20:43go
00:20:44and
00:20:45get in
00:20:46and
00:20:47get in
00:20:48and
00:20:49get in
00:20:50and
00:20:51get in
00:20:52of the way there is a
00:20:53good
00:20:54and
00:20:55and
00:20:56get in
00:20:57and
00:20:58get in
00:20:59and
00:21:00get in
00:21:01and
00:21:02get in
00:21:03the
00:21:04get in
00:21:35Get me out of here.
00:22:03Do you want to drown me?
00:22:06Just relax, Mr. Johnson.
00:22:08Just relax.
00:22:10We'll have your truck out of here in just a minute.
00:22:12Just as simple as A-B-C's.
00:22:24Now.
00:22:30Are you going to start guessing again?
00:22:42You pulled the radiator off.
00:22:58Well, I just got to show you, Mr. Johnson, the earthworm don't know its own strength.
00:23:04You've ruined my truck.
00:23:22Let me out of here.
00:23:23No, no, no, no.
00:23:24Hot, hot, hot, Mr. Johnson.
00:23:25Hot, hot.
00:23:35Stop it.
00:23:35This thing's going.
00:23:36Stop it.
00:23:37Help me.
00:23:38Somebody.
00:23:38Help me.
00:23:39Quick.
00:23:42Hey.
00:23:43Mr. Johnson.
00:23:45Just take it easy.
00:23:46How do you work this thing?
00:23:52How do you work this thing?
00:24:04Hey, Johnson.
00:24:06Just take it easy.
00:24:27Take it easy.
00:24:28Just take it easy, Johnson.
00:24:52Hey, mister.
00:24:53Can you tell me where the other end of this swamp is?
00:24:55That tractor of yours will come out of the south road if it don't sink.
00:24:58Don't worry.
00:24:59The earthworm never sinks.
00:25:00Up there and I'll drive you over there.
00:25:02All right.
00:25:03Whatatedr from you were Gonna do?
00:25:05How dare you go?
00:25:07I'm looking at you in the air.
00:25:07No!
00:25:07No!
00:25:08No!
00:25:11No!
00:25:20No!
00:25:21No!
00:25:21No!
00:25:21No!
00:25:21Oh!
00:25:22Go!
00:25:23No!
00:25:24No!
00:25:25No!
00:25:26No!
00:25:26No!
00:25:26No!
00:25:27No!
00:25:27No!
00:25:28No!
00:25:28No!
00:25:28No!
00:25:29No!
00:25:29No!
00:25:29No!
00:25:29There we are, safe and sound.
00:25:35Come on, can I help you?
00:25:38Come, come, come.
00:25:39There you are.
00:25:42Now, what did I tell you?
00:25:43Just as safe as on your own front porch.
00:25:47Oh, Mr. Mc...
00:25:48H.J.
00:25:54H.J.
00:25:55Well, you said that Alexander Potts would boost business all right.
00:25:59And he has.
00:26:00He's been a one-man recovery in Cypress City.
00:26:03What did I tell you?
00:26:03You told me all right.
00:26:05He's boosted business for the taxi company,
00:26:08for the hardware company,
00:26:09for the City Power and Light Company,
00:26:11for the Johnson Lumber Company.
00:26:13Why, he's even built them a new freight depot.
00:26:15Look at the money he's poured into that town,
00:26:17and we're paying the bills.
00:26:18Why, this is outrageous.
00:26:20What can we do about it?
00:26:21We can't do anything about the bills,
00:26:23but there's one thing I can do.
00:26:25I can fire Butts and Healy, too.
00:26:27Wire them to that effect at once.
00:26:28With pleasure.
00:26:41Alexander Botts approaching.
00:26:45Ah, Mr. Healy.
00:26:47Well, how do you do, sir?
00:26:49Come right in.
00:26:51You half-witted four-flush are you?
00:26:53Why, what's the matter?
00:26:54This is what's the matter.
00:26:55You've got me fired.
00:26:56Well, that's nothing.
00:26:58I got fired also.
00:26:59But don't you worry, Mr. Healy.
00:27:01Everything is going to be all right.
00:27:02I was just writing another letter to the home office,
00:27:04explaining everything.
00:27:05Why, you idiot.
00:27:07You don't think I'm worried about the job, do you?
00:27:08I wasn't going to stay with her firm anyway.
00:27:10I've got a better proposition with the Elephant Tractor Company.
00:27:13Yeah?
00:27:14How about taking me with you as your mechanic?
00:27:16You?
00:27:16If I ever catch you in the same town with me again, I...
00:27:20Excuse me, Mr. Healy.
00:27:21Hey, it seems to be my busy day.
00:27:25How do you do, sir?
00:27:26Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:27:27I can explain everything.
00:27:29Explain everything about what?
00:27:30About your car, Mr. Jackson.
00:27:32Jackson?
00:27:33Well, you see, my company will pay for everything.
00:27:36My card.
00:27:37Oh, forget it.
00:27:38I'm insured.
00:27:39I came here to congratulate you.
00:27:41Congratulate me for what?
00:27:42That's the finest demonstration I ever saw.
00:27:45Yes, I guess it was.
00:27:46But just the same, I'm fired.
00:27:48Fired?
00:27:49Well, I just wired an order in for six tractors.
00:27:52Is that so?
00:27:54Well, whether you did or not, I'm still fired, Mr. Johnson.
00:27:57Not Johnson.
00:27:58Jackson.
00:27:59Are you Tom Jackson of the Jackson Lumber Company?
00:28:02That's me.
00:28:03I don't know why you went to see Johnson first.
00:28:05You can't sell him anything.
00:28:07You're telling me.
00:28:08Well, anyway, you've got commission coming on six tractors.
00:28:12There.
00:28:12What did I tell you, Mr. Healy?
00:28:13Just as I promised you, everything turns out right.
00:28:16We've got commission coming on six tractors.
00:28:18Here's looking at you.
00:28:21Hey, Johnson.
00:28:22Mr. Johnson.
00:28:23Or, uh, Jackson.
00:28:26Oh, don't drink that.
00:28:28Why, but you don't begrudge a six tractor customer a little drink, do you?
00:28:31No, but...
00:28:32Well, so long.
00:28:33And thanks again for the demonstration.
00:28:37That's the finest liquor I ever tasted.
00:28:39Wait, Mr. Healy, you're not going to drink that.
00:28:50Excuse me, Mr. Healy.
00:28:54Just send the bill to Earthworm Tractor Company.
00:28:57Oh, hello, Miss Johnson.
00:28:59Could you come down to the lobby for a moment?
00:29:01I'll be right down.
00:29:03Oh!
00:29:07You poisoned me again!
00:29:11You big sissy.
00:29:13You knew all the time that was shoe polish.
00:29:16Well, here I am.
00:29:22I thought I'd drop by for a few seconds and tell you how sorry I am the way things turned out.
00:29:27I should have warned you that Dad has a ferocious temper.
00:29:29Oh, forget it.
00:29:31He didn't hurt me.
00:29:33Hmm, much.
00:29:35What really hurts is...
00:29:37I lost my job.
00:29:38Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:29:40I wish there was something I could do for you.
00:29:42Oh.
00:29:44That's all right.
00:29:45Well, now that you've lost your job, what are you going to do?
00:29:47I don't have to worry.
00:29:48A natural-born salesman like me can always find something to sell.
00:29:52The thing is, I...
00:29:53I hate to leave this town now.
00:29:55Why?
00:29:56Oh, I...
00:29:57I don't know.
00:29:58Well, this is the same as any other town, isn't it?
00:30:01Well, in a way, yes.
00:30:02And, uh...
00:30:03In a way, no.
00:30:06There's more no than yes, I guess.
00:30:09What's your first name?
00:30:12Mabel.
00:30:13Mabel.
00:30:15Gosh, there's something about the name of Mabel.
00:30:18Telegram for Mr. Box.
00:30:20Telegram for Mr. Box.
00:30:21A telegram for Mr. Box.
00:30:23Oh, boy.
00:30:25Excuse me.
00:30:28How do you spell that?
00:30:29With a B.
00:30:30With a B?
00:30:32I guess that's for me.
00:30:35There you are.
00:30:36Gee, thanks.
00:30:37Don't give it a thought.
00:30:39Hmm.
00:30:44I wonder who this can be from.
00:30:46Why don't you open it?
00:30:50That's a pretty good idea, that.
00:30:58Listen to this.
00:30:59We have reconsidered our decision.
00:31:01Re your discharge.
00:31:02Stop.
00:31:03You are back on the payroll as a full-fledged salesman.
00:31:05Stop.
00:31:06Proceed to Smedleyville.
00:31:08Instructions to follow.
00:31:09Gilbert C. Henderson.
00:31:11Wow.
00:31:12Oh, gee, I'm glad.
00:31:14Well, I guess they know a natural-born salesman when they see one.
00:31:17Wait till I get to Smedleyville.
00:31:20I'll knock them dead.
00:31:21Say, I'll sell tractors to people in that town that don't even need them.
00:31:30Why go to that trouble when there's someone right here in this town who needs them?
00:31:33Who?
00:31:33Leave me to them.
00:31:34Is there someone that I overlooked?
00:31:36Say, I'll sell them before I catch the train.
00:31:38Who is it?
00:31:38My father.
00:31:39Oh, well, I don't think I'll have time on this trip, but someday I'll come back and sell
00:31:44him, too.
00:31:45I'm afraid it might be too late, then.
00:31:47You know, someday some real live wire salesman is going to come in and show Dad where he's
00:31:51losing money by not having tractors to work his timberlands.
00:31:54What do you mean, live wire salesman?
00:31:57I mean someone who won't run away the first time he's turned down.
00:32:00Turned down?
00:32:01Oh, I was knocked down.
00:32:04Dad owns half the timberland around here.
00:32:06If he ever decides to buy tractors, he'll have to buy an awful lot of them.
00:32:10It'll be a big feather in the cap of the salesman who finally sells him.
00:32:14I could sell him.
00:32:16I wonder if I ought to take the time.
00:32:18No.
00:32:19You'd better go on to Smedleyville.
00:32:21It'd probably be too big a job for you.
00:32:23Too big?
00:32:23Say, no job is too big for Alexander Botts.
00:32:26And just to prove it to you, I'm going to stay right here and sell your father, Mabel Jackson.
00:32:30Not Jackson.
00:32:32Johnson.
00:32:32We are pleased that our earthworm, our D-8, has lived up entirely to your satisfaction.
00:32:38We trust that...
00:32:38H.J.
00:32:40H.J.
00:32:41What's the trouble now?
00:32:42The only trouble we've ever had around here, but...
00:32:45Read that.
00:32:48Yes, sir.
00:32:49The greatest tractor prospect in the country, Sam Johnson, is right here in Cypress City.
00:32:53I've decided not to go to Smedleyville.
00:32:55I think it best that I stay here and make this sale.
00:32:58We'll let you know how many I sell.
00:32:59Very truly yours, Alexander Botts.
00:33:02Sam Johnson, the one man that every tractor salesman of the country gave up trying to sell ten years ago.
00:33:07I'll wire Botts to proceed to Smedleyville at once.
00:33:09Now, wait a minute, Henderson.
00:33:11This fellow Botts sold Jackson.
00:33:12Maybe he can sell Johnson.
00:33:13Give him a chance and see what he can do.
00:33:15I think it's a waste of time, but you're the boss, H.J.
00:33:18I don't think it's a waste of time.
00:33:19I'll bet you right now, at this moment, Botts is selling Johnson.
00:33:22Now, you get out of here.
00:33:41Now, don't come back.
00:33:42And stay out.
00:34:06Oh, I know if you'll only keep at it, you'll eventually sell him some tractors.
00:34:21Oh, what's the use if I'm not alive to spend the commissions?
00:34:24Oh, you're not going to stop trying now, are you?
00:34:26Oh, I don't know.
00:34:27I got a wire from the factory this morning.
00:34:30I think I'd better get down to Smedleyville.
00:34:32I was afraid the job might be too big for you.
00:34:34The first few times he threw me out, I didn't mind,
00:34:37but I'm beginning to think that he don't want any tractors.
00:34:42Of course, a master salesman would find some way to show Dad
00:34:45how necessary tractors are to his business.
00:34:47Say, listen, I'm a natural-born salesman.
00:34:50That's even better than a master salesman.
00:34:53If a master salesman can sell him, so can I.
00:34:56Say, I'm going right down there now
00:34:58and come out with an order for 72 tractors.
00:35:00Oh, no, Alexander, not today.
00:35:02No? Why not today?
00:35:03Well, you see, we're moving.
00:35:05Our house is up on rollers
00:35:06and ready to be moved to the other side of town.
00:35:08Oh, is that so?
00:35:10What's the new address?
00:35:11352 Spruce Street.
00:35:13I can remember that.
00:35:15Dad's more upset than ever.
00:35:17I think the $500 it's costing
00:35:19is the real reason he feels so badly.
00:35:21$500?
00:35:23Say, excuse me,
00:35:25with an earthworm tractor.
00:35:28What?
00:35:30Oh, nothing.
00:35:30When are you moving the house?
00:35:33Tomorrow morning.
00:35:34Dad and I are going to stay at the hotel tonight.
00:35:43Close that door!
00:35:44You want me to catch my dad in the cold?
00:35:49Mabel!
00:35:51Yes, Dad?
00:35:52I've decided not to go to the hotel tonight.
00:35:54Oh, but we've arranged to have
00:35:55all your utilities cut off.
00:35:57We can't stay in the house
00:35:58without any light, gas, or water.
00:35:59I've arranged to have them put back on again.
00:36:01I'm a sick man.
00:36:02I just cut cold from that door being open.
00:36:04I'm nearly dying.
00:36:05You wouldn't want a dying man
00:36:06to go to the hotel, would you?
00:36:07Of course not, Dad.
00:36:08I'll call them.
00:36:09But they won't be able
00:36:10to move the house tomorrow.
00:36:11That's all right.
00:36:12Let them move it the next day.
00:36:13Okay.
00:36:16Stop watching that clock.
00:36:17Mabel!
00:36:25Time for my pill!
00:36:30Here they are, Dad.
00:36:34How are you feeling now?
00:36:36Why do you ask me that for?
00:36:38You know I feel terrible.
00:36:39I told you not to eat that steak tonight.
00:36:41At least not the whole two pounds.
00:36:43That had nothing to do with it.
00:36:45I would have felt terrible anyway.
00:36:47Anything else, Dad?
00:37:07No!
00:37:12Earthquake rocks, Tibbet.
00:37:14Mabel!
00:37:15Where's Tibbet?
00:37:16In Asia, Dad?
00:37:19That's right.
00:37:20I didn't think you knew.
00:37:26Mabel!
00:37:27It's here!
00:37:28It's here!
00:37:32Mabel!
00:37:33Don't you realize what's happened?
00:37:34It's an earthquake!
00:37:35Quick, Dad!
00:37:36Get under an arch!
00:37:37An arch!
00:37:38Where do I find one?
00:37:40Help!
00:37:40Help!
00:37:41Help!
00:37:42Help!
00:37:42Help!
00:37:42Help!
00:37:42Help!
00:37:46Help!
00:38:08The worst they ever saw!
00:38:09Help!
00:38:11Help!
00:38:12Help!
00:38:12The worst they ever saw! Help! Help!
00:38:15Help! Help! Help!
00:38:20Help!
00:38:25Oh, my head!
00:38:32Oh, my boy!
00:38:36I'm dizzy!
00:38:42Ellie Bender!
00:38:45Just relax, Mabel! Everything is gonna be all right!
00:38:54Mabel!
00:38:57Mabel! Earthquake! Lightning! Blood!
00:38:59Oh, the world has been wicked!
00:39:02Mabel! Mabel!
00:39:04Mabel!
00:39:10Oh, it's easy!
00:39:12Come on! Let's get out of here!
00:39:13Oh, no, Dad! The only safe place is under this arch!
00:39:21Oh! Oh, this is terrible!
00:39:23Listen to that thunder!
00:39:25Let's get out of here!
00:39:31Oh, my back!
00:39:41This will go down as the greatest earthquake in history!
00:39:44If anyone lives to tell us...
00:40:05Oh!
00:40:06Oh, I hope it's over!
00:40:07I hope it's over!
00:40:24Well, I'm talking!
00:40:25It's time for my bill!
00:40:26Oh!
00:40:28...
00:40:30It's half a bit!
00:40:32Oh!
00:40:33Oh!
00:40:34Oh!
00:40:36Oh!
00:40:38Oh!
00:40:40Oh!
00:40:42Oh!
00:40:43Oh!
00:40:45Oh!
00:40:47Oh!
00:40:49Oh!
00:40:51Oh!
00:40:52Good evening.
00:41:17Well, Mr. Johnson, I saved you $500, and the earthworm tractor did it all.
00:41:24There you are, all moved to 352 Pine Street.
00:41:27You idiot!
00:41:28It wasn't Pine Street.
00:41:30It was Spruce.
00:41:37But, Alexander, you know it was all your fault.
00:41:40You should never have tried to move our house without saying something about it.
00:41:43I'll bet if I hadn't moved the house to the wrong end of town, I'd have sold him.
00:41:49Mr. Henderson is beginning to think that your father isn't a very good prospect.
00:41:53Oh, but he is.
00:41:54You'll sell him if you'll only keep trying.
00:41:56Something tells me he's weakening.
00:42:00It didn't feel like it.
00:42:02Gosh, this is awful good apple pie.
00:42:05Almost as good as Ma Blair's.
00:42:07Who's Ma Blair?
00:42:08Oh, she's...
00:42:09She's Sally's mother.
00:42:11And just who is Sally?
00:42:15She's a girl in Frozen Falls that I promised to marry.
00:42:18What?
00:42:19You see, when I left Frozen Falls to make my way in the world,
00:42:22I promised Sally that someday I'd come back and marry her.
00:42:26Alexander Botts never goes back on his word.
00:42:29Well, I hope you two will be very happy.
00:42:32I won't be able to see you tonight.
00:42:34Or any other night.
00:42:35Boys, these advance sales reports indicate that this is going to be one of the biggest years
00:42:47that the Earthworm Tractor Company has ever had.
00:42:49Telegram, Mr. Henderson.
00:42:51Oh, thanks.
00:42:51Listen to this.
00:42:59I agree with you that Johnson is not a good prospect.
00:43:02I'm proceeding to Smedleyville by way of Frozen Falls,
00:43:04where I am going to marry a girl by the name of Sally.
00:43:08Stop.
00:43:09Congratulate me.
00:43:10Alexander Botts.
00:43:12I certainly feel sorry for Sally.
00:43:15You can wait right there, 2L.
00:43:24I don't know.
00:43:54Boo!
00:43:56Why, Alexander!
00:43:58Sally!
00:44:01Sally, I came back for you.
00:44:04You mustn't do that, Alexander.
00:44:07The same old bashful Sally.
00:44:10Look, look what I brought you.
00:44:13Oh, these are beautiful, Alexander.
00:44:16Oh, I don't know.
00:44:17Not any more beautiful than the smell of that pie.
00:44:22Well, won't you come in?
00:44:24Will I? Sure.
00:44:26I can smell it better inside.
00:44:31Hey, Pop, look who's here.
00:44:33Hi!
00:44:34Hiya, Mr. Blair.
00:44:36Alexander, what kind of a do-jigger are you selling now?
00:44:40The little do-jigger that I am now selling weighs 16 tons.
00:44:43Have a card.
00:44:45Well, I always told you had it in you.
00:44:54You did?
00:44:55Oh, yes, yes, yes. I remember.
00:44:58Well, Sally, I told you I'd make a success and sell big things.
00:45:02Didn't I?
00:45:03And I promised that I'd come back for you.
00:45:06Well, here I am.
00:45:07And what I said about your father not coming to live with us?
00:45:10Forget it.
00:45:12Oh, hello, Emmett. How are you?
00:45:14I'm all right, I guess.
00:45:15Well, Emmett, congratulate me.
00:45:17I'm gonna get married.
00:45:19Who's the lucky girl?
00:45:21Sally.
00:45:23That's fine. I'd like to go to a wedding.
00:45:25I haven't been to one in three months.
00:45:27Is that so? Who got married then?
00:45:29I did.
00:45:30You got married?
00:45:31Well, congratulations, Emmett.
00:45:34Who'd you marry?
00:45:35Sally.
00:45:36Sally will...
00:45:40Sally.
00:45:51Sally.
00:45:53Right, Ellie.
00:45:54You slope her a mariner the minute you left here.
00:45:56He hasn't had a job since.
00:45:59Congratulations, Emmett.
00:46:01I wanted Sally, but...
00:46:03I guess the best man won.
00:46:06Thanks.
00:46:11Goodbye, Sally.
00:46:13Forever.
00:46:14Oh, Alexander.
00:46:17Don't take it too hard.
00:46:19You know, I'm not the only girl in the world.
00:46:21Oh, I know. That's...
00:46:22That's easy enough for you to say, Sally, but...
00:46:24There's an old saying in the true one.
00:46:26It's better...
00:46:27It's better to have loved and lost than...
00:46:30Than...
00:46:31Than never to have loved at all.
00:46:33Yes.
00:46:36Goodbye.
00:46:37Alexander.
00:46:38Try not to go to pieces.
00:46:40I'll try, Sally, but...
00:46:43After all, there's...
00:46:45There's always the river.
00:46:50Goodbye, Sally.
00:46:52Oh, poor Alex.
00:46:55And he can't swim a stroke.
00:46:56And he can't swim a stroke.
00:47:07Ah!
00:47:09To the telegraph office!
00:47:10Away we go!
00:47:12Mr. Henderson!
00:47:14Telegram, Mr. Henderson!
00:47:24I disagree with you.
00:47:25I think Johnson is still a fine prospect.
00:47:28I'm proceeding back to Cypress City...
00:47:30Where I'm going to marry a girl named Mabel.
00:47:33Stop!
00:47:34Congratulate me!
00:47:36Alexander Botts!
00:47:38Mabel!
00:47:39Is that man crazy or am I?
00:47:41I wouldn't know.
00:47:50Look, I've been trying to get in touch with Mabel...
00:47:52And her father won't tell me where she is.
00:47:54Do you know?
00:47:55Well, I know she bought a ticket for Chicago.
00:47:57Chicago?
00:47:58Yes.
00:47:59Where's she going in Chicago?
00:48:00Well, she didn't say, but she's got an uncle there...
00:48:02And I imagine that's where she's bound for.
00:48:05Yeah, what's her uncle's name?
00:48:06As far as I remember, it's Johnson II.
00:48:08Johnson II.
00:48:09Johnson?
00:48:10Well, that's easy.
00:48:11Thank you very much.
00:48:20Good evening, sir.
00:48:21How do you do, sir?
00:48:22My card.
00:48:24Well, I'm glad to know you, Mr. Butts.
00:48:25Do you expect to be in Chicago long?
00:48:27Well, maybe yes and maybe no.
00:48:29I see.
00:48:30It all depends.
00:48:31Yes, sir.
00:48:33Boy, take Mr. Butts' bag to 502.
00:48:37Where's the nearest telephone?
00:48:38Just around the corner, Mr. Butts.
00:48:40You're welcome, sir.
00:48:41I'm sorry, madam.
00:48:42He doesn't answer.
00:48:43Excuse me.
00:48:44I'm looking for a man named Johnson.
00:48:45Can you tell me how I can find him?
00:48:46Well, the Johnsons in Chicago are as thick as the Smiths in New York.
00:48:47And you know how thick the Smiths are in New York.
00:48:48Which particular Johnson you're looking for?
00:48:49Well, he's got a niece in Cypress City by the name of Mabel.
00:48:51Well, now, ain't that nice?
00:48:52I've got an uncle in Topeka, Kansas, named Oscar.
00:48:53Oh, is that so?
00:48:54Don't you know this Johnson's first name?
00:48:55No, I . . . I . . Do you mind if I look at your book?
00:49:02Why not?
00:49:04I'll bet there's a whole page full of them.
00:49:06I'm sorry it doesn't answer.
00:49:07Johnson.
00:49:08Johnson.
00:49:09Johnson's has an old book right here, but I can't do it.
00:49:11No, I . . .
00:49:12Be careful it.
00:49:13It's the only book that you see in Chicago.
00:49:14Well, he's got a niece in Cypress City by the name of Mabel.
00:49:17Well, now, ain't that nice.
00:49:18I've got a uncle in Topeka, Kansas, named Oscar.
00:49:19Oh, is that so?
00:49:21Don't you know this Johnson's first name?
00:49:22No, I . . . . .
00:49:23Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Junk do you mind if I use your
00:49:32telephone go ahead you're paying for get me Osweebo 3412 please Osweebo 3412
00:49:49just a minute oh is this mr. Aaron a Johnson hello mr. Johnson this is
00:50:00Alexander Botts calling have you a very beautiful charming niece by the name of
00:50:04Mabel this is the aquarium well then you have no niece
00:50:19okay I got it there one four two oh
00:50:36hello is this the home of Thomas Johnson is Mabel Johnson there she is hello is this
00:50:57you Mabel this is Mabel Mabel this is Alexander Alexander Botts Botts to you
00:51:05mister
00:51:08all right crystal five nine five two
00:51:19is this the home of Ulysses Johnson have you got a niece by the name of Mabel
00:51:35you haven't well thank heavens you're here what a night I'm exhausted
00:51:46Zebula Zachary Johnson get me crashed four four three six
00:51:55sorry the phone's been disconnected well I guess I'm through that was the
00:52:12last Johnson in Chicago no not the very last Johnson oh yes it was no there's one
00:52:22morning one more one more who's that Mabel Johnson Mabel Mabel gosh I've called
00:52:30every Johnson in Chicago trying to find you where are you I'll come to you
00:52:34wherever you are well just a minute what about Sally oh that's all a thing of the
00:52:40past she don't mean a thing in the world to me what made you change your mind why
00:52:44didn't you marry her well when I got there she was already married to another fella oh oh so
00:52:52Sally was already married yeah wasn't that funny and then you decided to look for me
00:52:57yes Mabel I could hardly wait till I found you Alexander Bob I hate you Mabel operator
00:53:09gosh I don't know what she got mad at Mabel
00:53:19Mabel that new starter has played an improvement eh Hank
00:53:27H.K. H.J. what's the trouble now listen to this train spots to Cremo Hotel Chicago where he reserved room
00:53:35then disappeared stop one last scene he was going into a telephone booth Wells
00:53:39detective agency if they can't find him in a telephone booth they might as well
00:53:42give up if I ever get my hands on him I'll
00:53:46botch you're right my girl Mabel left for Cypress City I hope and following stop
00:53:53understand Cypress County in market for tractors stop wire Kramer Hotel one hundred and
00:54:00sixty-two dollars telephone bill stop keep in touch with me Alexander bot now
00:54:06that we finally found him we can fire him oh well I Henderson you better send
00:54:10another man down to get that order I haven't a man available right now but
00:54:13don't worry I'll go down there myself I wish I could have seen him just once
00:54:16before we fired him I wish I could have seen him just once before you hired him
00:54:21tractors
00:54:22ha ha caught ya stop watching me
00:54:31I just wanted to tell you Mr. Johnson that those two tractor salesmen are still waiting
00:54:39well send one of them in here well bots I'm glad I was here first I've got a
00:54:43luncheon date with an old friend of yours yeah who's that Miss Johnson Miss Johnson
00:54:49is she back and mr. Healy you can come in now thank you she's back well good
00:54:58morning mr. Johnson my name is George Healy of the elephant tractor company talk
00:55:03louder how do you expect me to hear you when you whisper I said my name is George
00:55:06Healy of the elephant tractor company tractors are I hate tractors but I
00:55:10represent the taxpayers of this county I've got to listen to you how much is
00:55:14your tractor well now the kind that your community needs costs only four thousand
00:55:19seven hundred and fifty dollars FOB I asked you the price of your tractor I said
00:55:25it costs four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars a fine salesman don't
00:55:29even know the price of your own product I said the prices for mine the price have
00:55:35your tractor ready for demonstration this afternoon I'll get out of here and send
00:55:38another fellow in
00:55:39crab I ain't neither
00:55:45fine fellow that Johnson speak up speak up
00:55:51good morning mr. Johnson good morning what you ah cut that mr. Johnson come now let's let
00:56:05bygones be bygones after what you did to me I don't see how you've got the nerve to
00:56:09come in here all right mr. Johnson I apologize I demand you apologize to me all
00:56:16right then I apologize so you won't apologize huh all right don't I ought to
00:56:21kick you out of here but as road commissioner of this county I can't be
00:56:25prejudiced what's the price of your tractor
00:56:30is your tractor any good for road building ha ha ha what kind of an engines it got in it
00:56:43what's the horsepower all right all right I'm a sick man I'm gonna have my lunch you know where to bring
00:57:00the tractor for a demonstration be there on time
00:57:02lunch you mind if I use your telephone no go right ahead
00:57:09it'd be the robert e lee hotel please
00:57:18robert e lee hotel alexander botts inquiring have there been any telephone messages for me
00:57:26no sir you're sure mabel johnson hasn't called yes sir i'm sure but there's a telegram for you
00:57:33oh yes will you read it
00:57:35you are absolutely completely and finally fired stop kindly don't annoy our customers stop
00:57:46another man is taking over your territory gilbert henderson
00:57:49how do you do mr johnson my name is henderson i represent the earthworm tractor company yeah mr
00:58:04johnson i'm very very happy to find you alone sir i won't take up in a minute of your time i just
00:58:08want to tell you a few facts about our product speak up speak up i understand that you've been
00:58:14ill how do you feel today oh i feel terrible i always feel terrible oh that's too bad mr henderson
00:58:25whatever happened to that young salesman alexander botts that used to work for you salesman he was
00:58:31the world's worst they fired him yeah well i think you made a mistake there mr henderson alexander
00:58:39botts impressed me as being a natural born salesman yeah that's what he thought well let's not bandy words
00:58:47i'm a man that judges by results what i'm interested in is your small tractor where will the demonstration
00:58:53take place where oh oh yeah where well now let's see here we are here here's cypress city
00:59:03there is the railroad station now you take your small tractor and runner right down over the ramp
00:59:09continue right straight ahead due west for four and a half miles you'll come to a large sycamore tree
00:59:17with a hornet's nest i don't think you'll stop there but you'll go right straight ahead
00:59:23till you come to a big stump there you are there's the stump and that's where you stop you mean
00:59:29that's where the demonstration will take place oh no no no but that's where we're going to meet you
00:59:34now do you know how to find the place oh surely surely well that's good and i'll keep this map so
00:59:41we'll be able to find you thank you mr johnson i'll be there all right do it
00:59:46and so fellow citizens as chairman of the board of road commissioners i have been chosen to make the
01:00:00final decision as to which factors we will buy by cypress county
01:00:04i have mapped out a very difficult course for these factors to give us a demonstration
01:00:14just one more thing i have practically made up my mind which tractor it will be
01:00:24but in all fairness we will go on with this demonstration
01:00:33how about a picture mr johnson picture
01:00:37one of the finest speeches i never heard
01:00:42hello mabel
01:00:56gosh i don't see why you want to be mad at me
01:00:59if you'll just let me explain i know we can patch this up
01:01:02gosh mabel i i can't eat i can't sleep i i can't even think
01:01:08well that's not unusual is it
01:01:10well you just wait till i get your father on my tractor
01:01:13seems to me you had him on your tractor once before
01:01:16oh all right if that's the way you want to act go on
01:01:19but i'm gonna sell your father and after i sell him you know what i'm gonna do
01:01:22no you don't know well i'm going on to smedleyville and sell some ore tractors
01:01:27and that's one of the reasons it has so much power
01:01:33well young man it looks like you've got something here
01:01:36yes mr johnson and you'll never regret your decision
01:01:38mr johnson will you pose on the earthworm
01:01:41well i don't want to but i guess i will
01:01:43and you none of your monkey business
01:01:48and you what are you doing
01:01:57okay
01:02:04yeah
01:02:08yeah
01:02:14yeah
01:02:19yeah
01:02:22yeah
01:02:23yeah
01:02:24yeah
01:02:25yeah
01:02:26stop don't you see that sign the road's closed
01:02:31the earthworm don't believe in signs mr johnson
01:02:36come back
01:02:39don't go up there
01:02:40mr johnson
01:02:41come back
01:02:41hey
01:02:42where the way did that tractor go
01:02:47straight up the mountain miss johnson
01:02:48they'll both be blown up that hill's full of dynamite
01:02:51well somebody has to warn them
01:02:52i wouldn't go up there
01:02:53if i have you
01:02:54don't go up there
01:02:56you can tell
01:02:56please hold that
01:02:57stop don't try to climb that mountain
01:03:03no
01:03:04the earthworm that's only a molehill
01:03:08oh
01:03:08the earthworm can climb the mountains of tibet
01:03:13tibet
01:03:15let me out of here
01:03:16no
01:03:17put on that brake
01:03:20put on that brake
01:03:21be careful
01:03:24be careful
01:03:25careful
01:03:26that's my middle name
01:03:29Alexander C. Fox
01:03:32C. for careful
01:03:33stop you're gonna kill me
01:03:37dynamite
01:03:43what
01:03:45what
01:03:45I say
01:03:47I say
01:03:47can't spin it
01:03:48clear
01:03:48so you can get some to the right
01:03:49oh
01:03:51I wouldn't buy a tractor
01:04:03that made so much noise
01:04:04well we have them with mufflers
01:04:07mr. johnson
01:04:08what
01:04:09mufflers
01:04:10mufflers
01:04:11oh
01:04:11I thought you said mufflers
01:04:13turn back
01:04:21turn back
01:04:22they're dynamiting
01:04:23for the blue road
01:04:24they're dynamiting
01:04:25to the left of us
01:04:26they're dynamiting
01:04:27to the right of us
01:04:28they're dynamiting behind us
01:04:33wait
01:04:36retreat
01:04:37Alexander
01:04:38bots
01:04:39never retreat
01:04:40take me home
01:04:44take me home
01:04:45home
01:04:46where do you live now
01:04:48spruce street
01:04:49or pine
01:04:50turn to the right
01:04:56home
01:04:57come on
01:04:58make up
01:04:59make up
01:05:00make up
01:05:02make up
01:05:03oh
01:05:04oh
01:05:18make up
01:05:19quiet
01:05:19quiet
01:05:20make up
01:05:21oh
01:05:21oh
01:05:22no
01:05:23no
01:05:24no
01:05:25oh
01:05:26you can't go
01:05:40over that bridge
01:05:41it's unsafe
01:05:42johnson
01:05:43don't worry
01:05:44the earthworm
01:05:45is safe
01:05:45anyplace
01:05:46stop
01:05:57stop
01:05:57stop
01:05:58stop
01:05:58stop
01:06:00stop
01:06:04well
01:06:05all right
01:06:05if you're afraid
01:06:06mr. johnson
01:06:06we'll back up
01:06:07no no no
01:06:08don't back up
01:06:09keep on going
01:06:10go ahead
01:06:10well make up
01:06:11your mind
01:06:12what you want
01:06:12go ahead
01:06:13go ahead
01:06:13all right
01:06:14away we go
01:06:16What are you stopping for?
01:06:43Looks pretty wobbly up ahead there, Mr. Johnson.
01:06:45I think we'd better go back.
01:06:47No, no, no.
01:06:47Don't go back.
01:06:48Keep on going ahead.
01:06:49Ahead.
01:06:50Ahead.
01:06:51Anything you say, Mr. Johnson.
01:06:53Good.
01:06:54Put on those brakes.
01:07:06junto.
01:07:07Put on those brakes!
01:07:20The brakes are gone!
01:07:21Fellow citizens, as chairman of the board of road commissioners of Cyprus, Gallia, Alexander
01:07:40Butz, you're going to pay for this.
01:07:43Do you hear what I'm saying?
01:07:45What?
01:07:46I say you're going to pay for this.
01:07:48Speak up, speak up, I can't hear you.
01:07:52I can hear you.
01:07:55I'm cured, I'm cured.
01:07:57I say I can't hear you, speak up.
01:07:59I'm cured, I can hear you.
01:08:02Stop whispering.
01:08:03My boy, this is the greatest tractor in the world.
01:08:05I'm going to buy six of them for the county and eight of them for my lumber company.
01:08:09What did you say?
01:08:10Sir, Alexander, are you all right?
01:08:12All right, I just bought 14 tractors from this young man.
01:08:16I always knew you were a master salesman, darling.
01:08:19What?
01:08:20Darling.
01:08:21Louder.
01:08:21Darling.
01:08:22Louder.
01:08:23Darling.
01:08:25Louder.
01:08:26Darling.
01:08:29Oh, darling.
01:08:31I can hear that.
01:08:32I'll see you next week.
01:08:42I'll see you next week.
01:08:43I'll see you next week.
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