William James (Royal Navy officer, born 1881) sat as a subject for several paintings by his grandfather, Millais. The most well-known of these is "Bubbles", in which the five-year-old William is shown gazing enraptured at a bubble he has just blown. When the painting was used in an advertisement for Pears soap, it became famous. The image dogged James throughout his life, and he was regularly nicknamed "Bubbles". James pursued a career in the Royal Navy, rising to hold a number of important positions. Following early service on the training ship HMS "Britannia", he was confirmed in the rank of sub-lieutenant on 15 April 1901. He was
It Pays to Advertise (film) film received positive reviews. "Photoplay" wrote that it has "plenty of speed and lots of laughs", and praised the "perfect cast". It Pays to Advertise (film) It Pays to Advertise is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter C. Hackett, starring Norman Foster and Carole Lombard, and directed by Frank Tuttle. Paramount made also a French-language film "" (1932), directed by Karl Anton. Rodney Martin sets up a soap business to rival his father. With the help of an advertising expert and his secretary, Mary, he develops