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Publicity Madness (1927)

Publicity Madness poster
Directed by
Albert Ray
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A publicity agent works to promote a big event. He faces many comic challenges along the way. The film was hurriedly made to cash in on Charles Lindbergh's famous flight.

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What happens

Publicity Madness is a lost 1927 American comedy film directed by Albert Ray and written by Andrew Bennison and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe, E. J. Ratcliffe, James Gordon, Arthur Housman and Byron Munson. The film was released on October 2, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation, in a rush to capitalize on the publicity surrounding transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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