Keyword: promoter

The Great White Hype

5.4

1996

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The boxing champs promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man whos beaten his black champ (at 17), a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks.

Thanks for Everything

6.4

1938

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Promoters set up a radio contest to find the average American and use him to sell food, apparel and notions. All goes well until he falls in love with a girl who upsets things.

The Glass Cage

5.8

1955

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Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see The Starving Man, a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.

Expresso Bongo

6.2

1959

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Sleazy talent agent Johnny Jackson discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Berts protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship begins to go bad.

What a Blonde

6.7

1945

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Lingerie tycoon F. Farrington Fowler is in a spot as he has ran out of gas-ration coupons. He enlists his butler, Pomeroy, to drum up riders so that he can get extra coupons from the ration board. Pomeroy gets a bunch of showgirls and parks them in Fowlers mansion, this being easy since Mrs. Fowler is away visiting her mother. Leon adds to the number by bringing home a young promoter. The showgirls, headed by Pat, run riot on the premises and Fowler passes them off as new domestics when Mrs. Fowler returns. A highly moral business rival, DaFoe, and his wife come on a visit and park themselves overnight, only to raise their collective eyebrows at the various events occurring on different floors of the mansion. Fowler worms himself out of one predicament after another and almost spoils the romance of his secretary with the promoter.

Club Life

4.7

2015

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A night club promoter tries to make a name for himself in New York City.