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It Pays to Advertise
It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise

Genres

Comedy

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

63 mins

Rating

4.7/10

Release Date

18 February 1931

Country

United States of America

Cast

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

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