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It Pays to Advertise is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Frank Tuttle released in USA on 18 february 1931 with Norman Foster

It Pays to Advertise (1931)

It Pays to Advertise
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Released in USA 18 february 1931
Length 1h3
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy
Rating52% 2.6290952.6290952.6290952.6290952.629095

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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Norman Foster

(Rodney Martin)Carole Lombard

(Mary Grayson)Eugene Pallette

(Cyrus Martin)Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

(Ambrose Peale)Louise Brooks

(Thelma Temple)
And :
Lucien Littlefield
Morgan Wallace
Tom Kennedy
Mischa Auer
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