Selling America (1938)

★★★★ · Ben Franklin: Spokesmodel · Wilford B. Wolf · 2003-05-18

Another bizarre little training film from the studios of Jam Handy. The film starts out Ben Franklin arguing with a Quaker, and feeling that he may have won the argument but lost the battle. So, he devises some rules for sales. Or, so the narrator would have us believe. The narrator goes on to tell us that Ben Franklin was the greatest salesman who ever lived (never mind that he's more known as a sciencist, inventor and statesman). Shift to a rather nicely dressed man in a dark, non-descript office, reading Ben Franklin's autobiography, and wondering how Ben's rules would apply to modern…

★★★ · "Won't Concede It Eh?" · Spuzz · 2004-09-11

Pretty wild dramatization of a modern salesperson getting advice from Ben Franklin! But before we get to that, In the beginning. Ben Franklin gets his when he wins an arguement with a neighbor in a terribly overacted segment which, for some odd reason, put me in the mind of Jon Lovitz. After this brown beating, Franklin then reforms somewhat, making 5 points to selling, based on his arguement. THEN we cut to Mr Salesman-Of-The-Day reading BF's autobiography, and wondering how this applies to him. THEN Ben Franklin magically appear, and the two have a conversation about modern selling. (please…