#1. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Storyline: The Muppets graduate from college and decide to take their senior revue on the road. They hit the streets of Manhattan trying to sell their show to producers, finally finding one young and idealistic enough to take their show. After several mishaps and much confusion, things begin to come together for them.

Plot Keywords: kermit the frog, miss piggy, restaurant owner, daughter, patron, con artist, heartwarming ...

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#2. Smartest Girl in Town (1936)

Storyline: Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick Smith instead; he welcomes the confusion of identity and sets out to win her by force of personality alone. It's an uphill battle. Lots of wry repartee.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: model, wealthy man, male model, butler, sister, hilarious, madcap ...

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#3. Housewife (1934)

Storyline: Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife and girlfriend struggle over Bill.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: housewife, ad copywriter, lover, husband, son, old friend, witty ...

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#5. Waikiki Wedding (1937)

Storyline: Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.—duke1029@aol.com

Plot Keywords: advertiser, boss, secretary, best friend, fiancé, lighthearted, playful ...

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#6. Boomerang (1992)

Storyline: Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger, he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatized by this, his work goes badly downhill. But then, Jacqueline's more quietly attractive assistant, Angela, who has been dating Marcus' best friend, shows herself more than a little concerned by his perilous state.

Plot Keywords: advertising executive, womanizer, boss, coworker, friend, love interest, amusing ...

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#7. Picture Perfect (1997)

Storyline: Kate is working on a career at Mercer Advertising but is passed up for promotion because she's 'not stable enough', still being single and having no ties to the company. A story is made up about her being engaged to Nick, a guy whom she just met at a friend's wedding, and all seems to work out well for Kate. She even gets the attention of a colleague she had always wanted, but events soon take a dramatic turn, forcing her to 'present' her alleged fiance to her boss.

Plot Keywords: pretty woman, friend, young man, boss, love interest, mother, emotional ...

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#8. Men Are Such Fools (1938)

Storyline: Linda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him. Radio man Harry Galleon will push her career further if she will just be "nice" to him and, when Jimmy gets jealous, she quits in favor of life as a suburban housewife. But her career still calls to her.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: secretary, advertising executive, radio station manager, roommate, fiancée, copywriter, amusing ...

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#9. Mumbai Matinee (2003)

Storyline: Debu Chatterjee is in his 30s, and is chided by everyone he knows as a "virgin". Tired of being stereotyped in this manner, he confides in Baba Hindustani, and Pyarelal about his predicament, and they offer to help him out, with hilarious results. Then one day, while watching a movie in a theater, Debu is shocked to see himself in an adult sex film, and this changes everything all around him, as people look at him differently than they did when they knew him to be a virgin. A stunned and perplexed Debu sets out to find out as to how he came to be caste in this movie.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Plot Keywords: young man, friend, mentor, young woman, director, amusing, hilarious ...

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