Movie: It Pays to Advertise

Top 10 Billed 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

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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.

  • Release Date

    1931-02-18

  • Average

    4.7

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
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    English
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