Movies and TvShows featuring "song-plugger" theme.

In the eve of World War II, a Czech scientist and a British secret agent must escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on a night train to Munich, facing danger and intrigue along the way.

Set in the 1910s, Alexander's Ragtime Band follows the journey of a ragtime band as they embark on a concert tour. The story revolves around a love triangle between the band's leader, Alexander, a talented violinist named Stella, and a singer named Jerry. As the band becomes more successful, tensions rise and relationships are tested. The film showcases the ups and downs of both the music industry and personal relationships during that time period.

Night and Day is a 1946 American musical romance drama film inspired by the life of songwriter Cole Porter. The film chronicles Porter's struggles with depression, his turbulent relationships, and his rise to fame in the world of popular music. It explores themes of love, loss, and personal growth, as well as the power of music to heal and inspire.

Set in the backdrop of New York City, the movie explores the journey of a talented composer as he overcomes various obstacles to achieve success in the music industry. It portrays his relationships, musical achievements, and personal challenges.

Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

In the backdrop of World War I, two sisters struggle to make it big in the music industry while dealing with their own personal relationships and the challenges of wartime. With a unique blend of drama, romance, and music, Tin Pan Alley takes viewers on a journey through the ups and downs of the show business.

Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.

This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.

Ex-vaudeville performer Trixie makes a come-back, and threatens to thwart the ambitions of her song-writing step-children, Bob and Judy.

A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly under his own name. Comedy.

Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rourke as a song plugger.

'Blind Bob' has written a song and the folks at the music publishing company think that Joe Frisco, his old friend from the Bowery is just right for it. So we see Joe at stage doing his peddler routine. He goes over to the publishing company, where he flirts with a girl act, and then tries out some eccentric dancing to the new song, which happens to be 'Get Happy.'

Bickering brothers unwittingly wind up working together on the same musical production.

Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.

Sylvia Froos is working as a singing song-plugger and is about to get fired because no sales result after she has sung a song. But another singer, who has been trying to get her to team up with him, intercedes and starts vocalizing a duet with her. A crowd gathers, sales result, and there is a happy singing finale number.

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song becomes a hit. While pursuing her objective, she falls in love with Johnny, and lands in jail, but she acquires the song, the job, and Johnny.