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It Pays to Advertise (1936)

It Pays to Advertise poster
Original title
Annonsera!
Directed by
Anders Henrikson
Genre
comedy film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
05
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about a young man who decides to make money by starting an advertising campaign. He uses clever tricks and schemes to sell a product, leading to comic misunderstandings and romantic entanglements.

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What happens

It Pays to Advertise or simply Advertise! (Swedish: Annonsera!) is a 1936 Swedish comedy film directed by Anders Henrikson and starring Thor Modéen, Håkan Westergren and Birgit Tengroth. The film was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and its sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It is based on the 1914 Broadway play It Pays to Advertise by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, previously adapted into the 1931 American film of same title starring Carole Lombard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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