Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989), It Happens Every Thursday (1953), Waikiki Wedding (1937), French Dressing (1964), Broadway Limited (1941), Playmates (1941), Widow's Point (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Publicity Stunts movies.
Storyline: In the early 1960s, legendary rock star Eddie Wilson disappeared from the limelight when he drove his car off a New Jersey bridge. Trying to escape his past, Eddie changed his name and has maintained a quiet life in Montreal as a construction worker under the name Joe West. However, the past will not die, it is screaming for resolution. His relentless desire to make music pulls him back to the stage where he forms a new band and an even better sound. Meanwhile, record company executives release newly-discovered tapes from Eddie's last album and promotes a worldwide search for the mysterious rock star. Joe West has become both mentor and nucleus for his new band that dreams of making it big without knowing their mysterious leader is the real Eddie Wilson. As his new band hits center stage, Eddie finally comes to terms with his past, himself and his music.—MGM/UA Home Video
Plot Keywords: rock star, guitarist, executive, bassist, construction worker, musician, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problems with small town mores and eccentric citizens. But their schemes to increase circulation get them in over their heads.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: pregnant wife, husband, reporter, real estate agent, farmer, neighbor, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!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 ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image - and increase its revenues - by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.
Plot Keywords: attendant, manager, newspaper reporter, actress, mayor, publicist, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: As a ploy to gain publicity, a motion picture director wants his star actress to take a baby with her on a train trip. The director's secretary asks the train's engineer, an old boyfriend, for help. As the engineer ponders what to do, a stranger in the train station tells him that he has a baby that could be used. On board the train, the actress meets a young doctor whom she knew in school, and whom she is still in love with. The presence of the baby causes a series of misunderstandings between them, but the real problems begin when the engineer begins to suspect that the baby may have been kidnapped.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: producer, movie star, secretary, engineer, childhood sweetheart, stranger, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Lulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (John Barrymore),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser (Kay Kyser), plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident. Highlights are the singing of Ginny Simms and a rumba by Lupe Velez; lowlights already cited.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: bandleader, singer, dancer, grandmother, airy, amusing, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Thomas Livingston, an author desperate for a hit, spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt for his next book. As Livingston delves into the lighthouse's terrifying history, he is targeted by powerful supernatural forces.—Gregory Lamberson
Plot Keywords: author, supernatural being, creepy, tense, frightening, disturbing, frenetic ...
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