It Pays to Advertise (film)
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| Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
| Written by | Ethel Doherty Arthur Kober |
| Based on | It Pays to Advertise by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter C. Hackett |
| Starring | Norman Foster Carole Lombard |
| Cinematography | Archie Stout |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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63 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It Pays to Advertise is a 1931 American comedy film, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter C. Hackett, starring Norman Foster and Carole Lombard, and directed by Frank Tuttle.[1]
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Plot
Rodney Martin sets up a soap business to rival his father. With the help of an advertising expert and his secretary, Mary, he develops a successful marketing campaign. His father ends up buying the company from him, while Rodney and Mary fall in love.[2]
Cast
- Norman Foster as Rodney Martin
- Carole Lombard as Mary Grayson
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Ambrose Pearle
- Eugene Pallette as Cyrus Martin
- Lucien Littlefield as Adams
- Judith Wood as Countess de Beaurien (credited as Helen Johnson)
- Louise Brooks as Thelma Temple
- Morgan Wallace as L. R. McChesney
- Tom Kennedy as Perkins
- Marcia Manners as Miss Burke
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as Office Boy (credited as Junior Coghlan)
- John Howell as Johnson
- John Sinclair as Window Cleaner
Reception
The film received positive reviews. Photoplay wrote that it has "plenty of speed and lots of laughs", and praised the "perfect cast".[2]
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..It Pays to Advertise
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). It Pays to Advertise at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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