Death of a Salesman run. It won the Tony Award for Best Play, Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Arthur Kennedy), Best Scenic Design (Jo Mielziner), Producer (Dramatic), Author (Arthur Miller), and Director (Elia Kazan), as well as the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Jayne Mansfield performed in a production of the play in Dallas, Texas, in October 1953. Her performance in the play attracted Paramount Pictures to hire her for the studio's film productions. The play has been revived on Broadway four times: It was also part of the inaugural season of the
The Traveling Salesman (1921 film) The Traveling Salesman (1921 film) The Traveling Salesman is a 1921 American comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. It is based on a 1908 play, "The Traveling Salesman", by James Grant Forbes. A 1916 film of the play starred Frank McIntyre who had also starred in the play. A print of "The Traveling Salesman" with German intertitles survives at the George Eastman House. As described in a film publication, Bob Blake (Arbuckle), a travelling salesman, is the victim of a practical joke and gets off the train before his intended destination of Grand River. Bob is drenched in the pouring rain