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...around the country to show himself to local Democratic politicos, Symington uses a soft and amiable sell, makes no effort to wring promises of convention support. The hard selling of Stuart Symington as presidential timber is done by his backers. This week, Missouri Congressman Charles ("Charley") Brown, longtime Springfield adman and television executive, sets out on a 15-state trip to drum up support for Symington. Around the end of November, Missouri's Governor James Blair will depart on a similar missionary trek to sell the Symington cause, especially to Democratic Governors. Symington's behind-the-scenes strategy...
...Hearing that, Detroit wags recalled the time when Big Bill Knudsen, G.M.'s late president, boasted to Adman Bruce Barton that a certain new-model Chevy was "almost the perfect low-priced car-and it will really become perfect next year when we make one small change." Barton bit hard. "What change?" Deadpanned Bill Knudsen: "We're just going to hang a small hammock under the chassis. Catch all the goddam parts that fall...
North by Northwest. Director Alfred Hitchcock's implausible but entertaining mystery, with Gary Grant as a Madison Avenue adman up to his immaculate collar in spies and counterspies, among them Eva Marie Saint and James Mason...
North by Northwest. Director Alfred Hitchcock's implausible, entertaining mystery, with Gary Grant as a Madison Avenue adman up to his immaculate collar in spies and counterspies, among them Eva Marie Saint and James Mason...
...Life Savers (said Adman Cone: "How loud can you shout, how much can you claim for a 5? candy? Life Savers knows exactly...