It Should Happen to You (1954), The Miracle of the Bells (1948), Page Miss Glory (1935), A Woman of Distinction (1950), Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943), Second Fiddle (1939), The Girl From Jones Beach (1949), Cold Turkey (1971) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Publicity Stunt movies.
Storyline: Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things -- like making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered on six billboards throughout city. Suddenly all of New York is clamoring for Gladys Glover without knowing why, and playboy Evan Adams III is making a play for Gladys that even Pete knows will be hard to beat.—A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, classic film, hollywood, 1950s, george cukor, satire, fame ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial. To arouse public interest, and to get the reluctant studio head to release the film, he asks all the local churches to ring their bells for three days.—Albert Sanchez Moreno <a.moreno@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: faith, hollywood, miracle, small town, movie star, media manipulation, grief ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Loretta Dalrymple, a homely young country girl comes to New York City and gets a job as a chambermaid in a large hotel. She meets Ed Olson, a photographer out of work, and Dan Riley, a promoter with nothing to promote. When an advertiser offers a reward for a photograph of 'America's Prettiest Girl,", Ed makes a composite photo of all the famous movie stars and society belles and calls the girl in his picture "Dawn Glory." A Dawn-Glory craze sweeps the country, and Loretta, with makeup and new clothes, turns out to be the reincarnation of the picture. Loretta has fallen in love with a newspaper picture of "Bingo" Russell, a famous aviator, and when Dan and Ed ask her to pose as Dawn Glory, she readily agrees, hoping she will get to meet Russell. She does meet him and, then, complications arise.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, hollywood, 1930s, black and white, media satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, professor, journalist, scandal, misunderstanding, love triangle, reputation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen Rosie O'Grady. To get her own back she announces that Sam is in fact her real suitor. He in turn has a song about Rosie published and something of an Irish brawl develops via his paper and her stage show.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, 1940s, show business, dance, journalist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) is a publicity agent in search of the perfect lead for a studio feature. He finally finds her in Minnesota, a schoolteacher named Trudi Hovland (Sonja Henie). He convinces her to come out to Hollywood, and she gets the part, but Jimmy also has a plan to manufacture a romance between her and fading star Roger (Rudy Vallee). The only problems are that Trudi has no idea the relationship is fake, and Jimmy is starting to harbor feelings for Trudi himself.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, musical, hollywood, song and dance, romantic comedy, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite of parts of the anatomy of 12 different models. In an effort to find one girl who possesses all the proper physical attributes, Randolph and PR man Chuck Donovan pursue Ruth Wilson, a beauteous schoolteacher who prefers to be admired for her brain rather than her curves. Ruth changes her tune, however, when a published photo of her in a swimsuit causes her to be fired by the uptight schoolboard. She sues for reinstatement and in the process learns that swimsuits and sex appeal do have a place in her world, after all.—Dan Navarro <daneldorado@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, beach, artist, fashion, 1950s, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the depressed town of Eagle Rock, Reverend Brooks (Dick Van Dyke) spearheads his community's effort to rise to the Cold Turkey challenge. The Valiant Tobacco Company has promised a $25,000 cash prize to any town in America that can quit smoking for 30 days. So Brooks leads the charge in this Battle of the Butts, hoping to become the local hero in the process. However, when ad executive Merwin Wren (Bob Newhart) shows up to undermine his efforts, this wicked comedy kicks into high gear.
Plot Keywords: comedy, satire, dark comedy, small town, social commentary, 1970s, quirky ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a group of nerds leak a washed-up celebrity's sex tape, the publicity revives the actress's career and other Hollywood rejects want to star in the guys next "production."
Plot Keywords: comedy, adult, erotic, humorous, celebrity, scandal, privacy ...
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