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51. You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Approved | 96 min | Music, Romance
Hal Adams tries to win the heart of Broadway star Betty Bradley.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Alice Faye, George Murphy, Ken Murray, Charles Winninger
Votes: 145
52. Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1996)
127 min | Documentary, History, Music
In August 1970 600,000 fans flocked to the Isle of Wight to witness the third and final festival to be held on the island. Besides the music, they also got a look at the greed, cynicism and... See full summary »
Director: Murray Lerner | Stars: Ian Anderson, Joan Baez, Martin Barre, John Bonham
Votes: 605
53. Jump (1971)
GP | 97 min | Action, Drama
"Jump" tells the story of a Florida man hoping to achieve fame and fortune driving a stock car.
Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Tom Ligon, Logan Ramsey, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Norman Rose
Votes: 109
54. Leather Gloves (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Sport
Dave Collins (Cameron Mitchell) is a prizefighter on the skids, who thumbs his way from town to town, looking for a chance to make some money, even if he is bribed to lose a fight. A former... See full summary »
Directors: William Asher, Richard Quine | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Virginia Grey, Jane Nigh, Sam Levene
Votes: 16
55. Great (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) (1975)
30 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Godfrey | Stars: Richard Briers, Harry Fowler, Barbara Moore, Angus Lennie
Votes: 365
56. You've Got to Be Smart (1967)
88 min | Drama
A slick conman finds a singing teenage preacher in a small town in Arkansas and brings him to Los Angeles, where he sets him up with his own show and waits for the money to come pouring in.
Director: Ellis Kadison | Stars: Tom Stern, Roger Perry, Gloria Castillo, Preston Foster
Votes: 12
57. Lady, Let's Dance (1944)
Approved | 88 min | Musical, Romance, War
Belita is a refugee during WWII, working in a hotel. She stumbles into the room of a dancer seeking a new partner. She just happens to be a pro, and she skates too.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Belita, James Ellison, Walter Catlett, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 76
58. The Perfect Model (1988)
R | 89 min | Drama
When an African American actor returns home from Hollywood, his enterprising boyhood buddy, now a sleazy beauty pageant promoter who uses the contestants to satisfy his sexual urges, hires him to host an upcoming pageant.
Director: Darryl Roberts | Stars: Stoney Jackson, Antonio McKay, Catero Alain Colbert, Liza Cruzat
Votes: 22
59. Fighting Words (2006)
R | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Sometimes we fight with fists and sometimes we kill with words.
Director: E. Paul Edwards | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Cristina Maxwell, Fred Williamson, Val Lauren
Votes: 295 | Gross: $0.04M
60. Invasion (2001 TV Special)
180 min | Action, Sport
In a battle for pro wrestling supremacy between the WWF and the WCW/ECW Alliance, the WWF team of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and Kane battle the WCW/... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Mark Calaway, Chris Jericho
Votes: 480
61. The Whole Town's Talking (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In 1919, Chester Binney, a wounded World War I veteran, is discharged from the U.S. Army in Los Angeles, and returns to his hometown. There he is feted by his pre-war employer, George ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Laemmle | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Virginia Lee Corbin, Trixie Friganza, Otis Harlan
Votes: 30
62. Woman-Wise (1937)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Crooks use prizefights as setups and local sports editor (Whalen) is out to stop them.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Michael Whalen, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 18
63. Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (2008 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights early in his career, the pride of ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Louis, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., Randy Roberts, Dick Gregory
Votes: 152
64. The Merry Monahans (1944)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, Ann Blyth
Votes: 112
65. Seek (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama
A shy, budding young writer attempts to shake off the torment of lost love while taking an assignment profiling an alluring club promoter, who reigns over a world of music, lights, and drag queens.
Director: Eric Henry | Stars: Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski, Ryan Fisher, Jonathan Nathaniel, Matthew Ludwinski
Votes: 122
66. Thanks for Everything (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
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.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 60
67. The Crime Patrol (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup ... See full summary »
Director: Eugene Cummings | Stars: Ray Walker, Geneva Mitchell, 'Snub' Pollard, Hooper Atchley
Votes: 66
68. Porky in Egypt (1938)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky is a tourist. He's missed the main camel, so he rents one of his own. Both of them are soon overcome by the hot desert sun; the camel starts hallucinating, and marches off, playing ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Treg Brown, Robert Clampett, Shirley Reed
Votes: 475
69. The Outcast (1934)
74 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When the box-office manager takes off with all the money belonging to a traveling theatre-troupe, the show's promoters and leading performers, Bill Potter and Jim Truman, have to sell off ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Leslie Fuller, Mary Glynne, Hal Gordon, Jane Carr
Votes: 37
70. Yukon Gold (1952)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Corporal Rod Webb (Kirby Grant)of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police follows a murder trail deep into the Klondike. He becomes involved with the niece,Marie Briand (Martha Hyer), of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank McDonald, William Beaudine | Stars: Kirby Grant, Chinook, Martha Hyer, Harry Lauter
Votes: 74
71. When a Girl's Beautiful (1947)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Model Adele Jordon breaks up with the model-agency's wealthiest perfume client, and he requests a new model who possesses all of the elements of beauty for their new campaign. Johnny Hanley... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Adele Jergens, Marc Platt, Patricia Barry, Stephen Dunne
Votes: 14
72. Big Town Girl (1937)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter
Votes: 68
73. The Belle of Broadway (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Madame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. But she allows a young American performer, Marie Duval, to perform as the Madame Adele of old, and both ... See full summary »
Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Betty Compson, Tom Ricketts, Armand Kaliz, Edith Yorke
Votes: 107
74. Ice-Capades (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Newsreel cameraman Bob Clemens, an avowed woman hater, is assigned to cover the Lake Placid exhibition of Karen Vadja, the Swiss ice Queen. He misses his plane and fails to get the footage ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: James Ellison, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Lewis, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 79
75. Where We're From: The Elements Documentary (2021)
Documentary
WHERE WE'RE FROM captures the rise of underground Hip Hop in Los Angeles during the 90s and 2000s told through Elements, a group of four friends that promoted a weekly club that honored the... See full synopsis »
Directors: Al Bonds, DJ Breeze | Stars: Planet Asia, Soren Baker, Jeru the Damaja, Dilated Peoples
Votes: 23
76. Knockout (1941)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Olympe Bradna, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 196
77. He Loved an Actress (II) (1938)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Carla de Hulvea is a rumba dancer who makes news by posing as a South-American heiress. She is doing fine with her hoax until she meets American Peter Jackson, a high-pressure promoter who ... See full summary »
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Lupe Velez, Ben Lyon, Wallace Ford, Jean Colin
Votes: 42
78. What a Blonde (1945)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
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... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Leon Errol, Richard Lane, Michael St. Angel, Elaine Riley
Votes: 107
79. Hurricane Smith (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new and happy life for himself. But one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Ray Middleton, Jane Wyatt, Harry Davenport, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 44
80. #boxingtime (2016 Video)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy
It's #boxingtime in this comedy starring Evan Jacobs as Art Banafeld, a boxing promoter who is in over his head with life. He's behind on child support (or any kind of support) for his ... See full summary »
Director: Evan Jacobs | Stars: Roy Englebrecht, Mark Giardini, Lucas Gonzalez, Evan Jacobs
81. Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Music
Broadway press agent Nap Sisler sees a chance to make a national hit with a new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble", created by Greenvale filling-station attendant Johnny Bennett. Nap promotes ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Eddie Quillan
Votes: 23
82. Mr. Money Gags (1957)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
In this Paramount Novertoon Tommy Tortoise is introduced to the shell game by Moe Hare, a fast promoter and con-man. But Tommy wins and doubles his money and, in desperation, Moe tries to ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Al Eugster | Stars: Phil Kramer, Gilbert Mack, Sid Raymond
Votes: 27
83. Rolling Home (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
Promoter Nat Alden has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old Army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, E.J. Ratcliffe, Ben Hendricks Jr.
84. Swing the Western Way (1947)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Music, Western
Well-meaning, easy-going promoter Jasper Jim Bandy, who is constantly talking himself into James, and Cornelia Catheride, poor cousin of the Boston Catheridges, have been carrying on a ... See full summary »
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Jack Leonard, Mary Dugan, Thurston Hall, Regina Wallace
85. The Big Show-Off (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Joe Bagley, owner of the Blue Heaven Club, tries to foster a romance between shy pianist Sandy Elliott and band vocalist June Mayfield. Joe tells June that Sandy is really a professional, ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Arthur Lake, Dale Evans, Lionel Stander, George Meeker
Votes: 107
86. Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Family
A crooked mayor and fight promoter conspire to sign slow-witted Humphrey to a contract. Their goal is to use Humphrey to get Joe Palooka to sign. As things develop, Humphrey becomes mayor.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Robert Coogan, Lois Collier
Votes: 50
87. Sarah McLachlan: A Life of Music (2004)
49 min | Documentary
An intimate look into Sarah McLachlan's life.
Director: Mark Johnston | Stars: Sarah McLachlan, Shirley Douglas, Buffy Childerhose, Greg Clark
88. Discovering 'Evil Dead' (2002 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Stories of how the film Evil Dead, The (1981) rose up very high against the accusations of the 'Video Nasties' of the 1980's in the UK. Many controversial films are referenced here to give ... See full summary »
Director: David Gregory | Stars: Stephen Woolley, Bill Warren, Nik Powell
Votes: 88
89. A Ten-Minute Egg (1924)
15 min | Comedy, Short
Jimmy prints up business cards that give his job description as "bouncer," which intimidates everyone--until he runs out of cards.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Ena Gregory, Noah Young, Jack Gavin
Votes: 66
90. The Promoter (1932)
17 min | Short, Comedy
A workman draws a crowd scuffling with a wrestler on a street. A promoter, recognizing a box-office draw when he sees one, signs them up for the main event. After a pre-match food coma puts the workman to sleep, someone needs to fill in.
Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Benny Rubin, Constantine Romanoff, Tom Kennedy, Budd Fine
Votes: 6
91. Romance Revier (1934)
Passed | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Bud arrives for the reading of his late uncle's will. But his other uncle has already seen the will and he will receive the estate only if Bud is married. Finding Bud unmarried, he has a plan that will force Bud into a quick marriage.
Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Fred Humes, Ben Corbett, Renee Borden, Franklyn Farnum
Votes: 11
92. Sangre en el ring (1962)
80 min | Action, Drama
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Begoña Palacios, Silvia Fournier, Armando Silvestre
93. Taking the Count (1937)
Approved | 21 min | Short
Now that they're engaged, Ann wants Joe to retire from the ring, seeing as how he's the heavyweight champ. Ann's mother, who doesn't want her daughter marrying "beneath" the wealthy ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Robert Norton, Beverly Phalon, Shemp Howard, Charles Kemper
Votes: 18
94. Da Bratt Pac (1996)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Observational doc following a west London promoter, as he risks all to put on the biggest gig of his life - the Ultimate Daytimer
Director: Paul Sukhija
95. The Personality Kid (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Ritzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until they have the money to build a better life. However, he has other ideas.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd, Robert Gleckler
Votes: 165
96. Älskling på vågen (1955)
110 min | Comedy
The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris comes to visit the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalists, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an ... See full summary »
Director: Schamyl Bauman | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Erik 'Bullen' Berglund, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Votes: 48
98. Columbia World of Sports: Grappling Groaners (1947)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
Sportscaster Bill Stern knew professional wrestling, even in the forties, was one big staged piece of choreographed fraud, but appeared to think the rest of the country thought it was real,... See full summary »
Director: Harry Foster | Stars: Bill Stern, Marv Mercer, Ed Parquette, Henry Piers
99. Hurray for Hooligan (1937)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Promoters Buster and Tom pick up a prizefighter with a knock-out punch but learn that he won't put up a fight unless he is mad, and the only thing that makes him mad is the sight of a ... See full summary »
Director: William Watson | Stars: Tom Patricola, Buster West, Andy Anderson's Orchestra, Ed Garvie
Votes: 8
100.
Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode:
Miss Stardust
(1987)
Not Rated | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Public-relations man Joe Willoughby thinks that promoting the Miss Stardust beauty pageant will be a snap, until "Cabbage Man," a representative from outer space, arrives and contends he ... See full summary »
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Dick Shawn, Laraine Newman, Rick Overton, Jack Carter
Votes: 202