Alfred Ayer remarked in 1881 that upper middle class female store clerks were content to be " saleswomen ", while lower class female store clerks, for whom their job represented a social advancement, insisted on being called " salesladies ".
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Among her last credits are co-author of the screenplay for " Footsteps in the Fog " ( 1955 ), and as dialogue director for " The First Traveling Saleslady " ( 1956 ) with Ginger Rogers.
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While the saleslady was reaching for a little bag to put my order in, I looked more closely and saw to my horror that all the sweet goods were covered with winged insects, sort of like wasps, crawling about on top of them.
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"You know, " she says with an obvious smarm in her voice, " wouldn't it be fun if you just waited in the dressing room and the saleslady and I brought you a few things to try on ?"
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Eastwood joined the Marsh Agency, and although Lubin landed him his biggest role to date in " The First Traveling Saleslady " ( 1956 ) and later hired him for " Escapade in Japan ", without a formal contract Eastwood was struggling.
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In " Petrella's Holiday " we learn something about his appearance : a saleslady who describes him with " an accuracy which suggested she had looked at him more than once " says he has " Dark black hair, young-looking, a brown face, very deep blue eyes ."
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By today's standards, the show's characters are politically incorrect : a pompous World War II veteran who insists on being called by his army rank of captain, a lecherous manager and his bosomy secretary, a blousy loud-mouthed, middle-aged saleslady who changes her hair color every day, a limp-wristed lisping gay salesman.
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"Slums of Beverly Hills " begins on a note of exquisite embarrassment that epitomizes the entire movie : Squirming while a saleslady fits her with a new bra, Vivian Abramowitz ( Natasha Lyonne ) listens in horror as her father, Murray ( Alan Arkin ), casually says, " Overnight she got stacked, just like her mother ."
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Soon after, Universal Pictures hired him to be the featured artist on three movies using his prototype Wah-wah pedal : " The Ghost and Mr . Chicken ", " The Shakiest Gun in the West " and " The Travelling Saleslady . " MGM followed suit, hiring Del to play on the Tony Curtis film " Don't Make Waves ".
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Bruce Willis appears as himself, shooting a crime film in Los Angeles; Adam Goldberg plays Willis'director Andy; Chris Kattan plays one of the burglars Nancy catches in the opening sequence of the film; Lindsay Sloane plays a saleslady in a clothing boutique; Eddie Jemison appears as an adoption clerk; and Geraint Wyn Davies makes a brief appearance as a drama teacher.
