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It Pays to Advertise (1931)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 3M

Director : Frank Tuttle

Synopsis

To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.

Actors

Norman Foster
Norman Foster
Rodney Martin
Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
Mary Grayson
Eugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette
Cyrus Martin
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Ambrose Peale
Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
Thelma Temple
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
Adams
Judith Wood
Judith Wood
Countess de Beaurien (as Helen Johnson)
Morgan Wallace
Morgan Wallace
L.R. McChesney
Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Perkins
Marcia Manners
Marcia Manners
Miss Burke
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Office Boy (as Junior Coghlan)
John Howell
John Howell
Johnson
John Sinclair
John Sinclair
Window Cleaner

Crews

Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
Director
Ethel Doherty
Ethel Doherty
Adaptation
Walter C. Hackett
Walter C. Hackett
Theatre Play
Arthur Kober
Arthur Kober
Adaptation
Roi Cooper Megrue
Roi Cooper Megrue
Theatre Play

Posters and backgrounds

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