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"The Hucksters" is a film with a great cast, with Clark Gable, the gorgeous and elegant Deborah Kerr and the seductive Ava Gardner that unfortunately has a shallow and pointless story. The female characters are lovely, but Evan Llewellyn Evans is a gross, despicable and stupid character and Victor Norman is arrogant and boastful.
What an unexpected pleasure. Ostensibly a humorous satire about the superficial world of advertising - but harbouring a chocolatey core filled with the gooey exploration of ego, love, success and dignity - 'The Hucksters' follows recently-discharged (in the closing days of the Second World War) Vic Norman as he moves from army radio work back into the world of advertising.
“The Hucksters:” A sitthroughable 1947 romcom and satire starring Clark Gable Review Clark Gable is a veteran returning home from World War II eager to resume his pre-war lifestyle as a playboy ad-man, but ultimately finding the life empty and unsatisfying.
The original meaning of huckster is a person who sells small articles, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store, like a peddler or hawker. The term probably derives from the Middle English hucc, meaning "to haggle". [1] The word was in use circa 1200 as " huccsteress ". During the medieval period, the word assumed the feminine word ...
The Hucksters is a 1947 film directed by Jack Conway. The All-Star Cast starts off with Clark Gable as Victor Norman, an advertising man who has just returned to New York after fighting in World War II, and is now looking to get back into the business. He approaches old friend Mr. Kimberly (Adolphe Menjou) of the Kimberly Advertising Agency ...
THE MAD HAT HUCKSTERS are a swing band from San Diego, playing the music of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Founded by swing dancer Morgan Day in 2015, this sextet finds their sound in the style of small combo jazz bands of the swing era, emulating greats like Fats Waler, Sydney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong.
What an unexpected pleasure. Ostensibly a humorous satire about the superficial world of advertising - but harbouring a chocolatey core filled with the gooey exploration of ego, love, success and dignity - 'The Hucksters' follows recently-discharged (in the closing days of the Second World War) Vic Norman as he moves from army radio work back into the world of advertising.
