It Pays to Advertise
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1931-02-18
Runtime: 63 mins
Director: Frank Tuttle
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: It Pays to Advertise
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Norman Foster
Carole Lombard
Eugene Pallette
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Louise Brooks
Lucien Littlefield
Judith Wood
Morgan Wallace
Tom Kennedy
Marcia Manners
Frank Coghlan Jr.
John Howell
John Sinclair
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