The Hucksters
| The Hucksters | |
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
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| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow |
| Written by | Edward Chodorov Frederic Wakeman, Sr. (novel) |
| Starring | Clark Gable Deborah Kerr Ava Gardner Keenan Wynn Adolphe Menjou Edward Arnold |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 27 August, 1947 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Film
The Hucksters is a 1947 MGM film, based on the novel written by Frederic Wakeman, Sr.
- IMDB: The Hucksters
Novel
. . . a "royally racy" novel about advertising two decades before the Mad Men era. Following a few characters including Old Man Evans, the owner of Beautee Soap, and his reign of terror over his employees in a story set during the radio heydey of the 30's and 40's. For his Book-of-the-Month newsletter, Clifton Fadiman said it shed light on "the world of super-slick advertising agencies, all-powerful mass-product sponsors, prehensile talent-representatives, smooth network executives, ambitious night-club singers, and venal radio comics."