The Fuller Brush Movies

Part II

The Fuller Brush Man is a 1948 American comedy film starring Red Skelton as a door-to-door salesman for the Fuller Brush Company who becomes a murder suspect. The project had been in development for four years.  Producer, Simon got permission from the Fuller Brush Company and wrote the story with Skelton in mind, but was unable to secure studio interest until the success of Miracle on 34th Stret (1947) showed the benefits of commerical tie-ins for feature films such as with the names Gimbels and Macy's.  This movie is a real rip-roarin', laugh inducing comedy/crime/romance film involving a clumsy, down-on-his-luck Fuller Brush man who accidentally gets caught up in a murder case.  Guess what the murder weapon is?  Not telling...

Fuller Brush gave their final approval provided it was clear in the final movie the character Skelton played was an independent dealer and not an employee of the Fuller Brush Company. 

The Fuller Brush Girl is a 1950 slapstick comedy starring Lucille Ball.  Frank Tashlin wrote the script.  Ball plays a quirky door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman for the Fuller Brush Company. The film also stars Eddie Albert and has an uncredited cameo by Red Skelton who had starred in the movie, The Fuller Brush Man two years earlier.