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It Pays To Advertise

Walter Hackett

It Pays To Advertise

It Pays To Advertise

Walter Hackett

It Pays To Advertise is a screwball comedy by Walter Hackett, centering on a soap manufacturing mogul's efforts to motivate his idle-rich son. The plot features a Countess who may not be what she seems, a questionable sweetheart, and a theatrical press-agent, all intertwined with the son's attempt to establish a competing soap company. This play highlights themes of ambition and deception in the world of advertising and business.

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An early screwball comedy, the plot revolves around a Soap Manufacturing Mogul's attempt to get his idle-rich son to mak...

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Walter Laurence Hackett was an American playwright and theater manager. A native of Oakland, California, Hackett attended grammar school in that city before con...

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