Louis Prima Jr.-Swing Singer
Charlie Barrett-The Barrett Company
Mr. Barrett formed the firm after serving in top public relations positions with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) for more than ten years, where he was in charge of media relations for The Tonight Show and Today, among other well-known NBC shows such as Unsolved Mysteries, Fame, and numerous highly-rated NBC specials including The American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Awards, and The American Movie Awards. Earlier, he held executive media relations posts with both 20th Century Fox Film Corporation in New York and Capitol Records in Hollywood, New York and London, where he helped shape successful media campaigns for an array of musical performers.
Charles Barrett began his media career as a reporter with The Associated Press, and later served on the editorial staffs of both The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.
The Barrett Company is well-known and regarded among the world's media outlets for its credibility and creativity. Through some 10 years of client assignments we have developed remarkable and successful campaigns for our wide range of companies and celebrities, which have paved the way for us to produce media, consumer and trade events of all descriptions both in the United States and overseas, including Cannes.
Our experience, skills and knowledge in the areas of our professional disciplines have developed programs we are proud of, including trade and consumer publicity, crisis communications, new company and celebrity launches, trade show media awareness, marketing communications solutions, marketing research, focus campaigns and integrated media attention programs. No assignment is too big or too small for us. We possess a keen awareness of the workings of the global media and have demonstrated over the years our ability to create stunning and effective media outreach models for our valued clients, be they well established, or start-ups.
In motion pictures, The Barrett Company's numerous client accomplishments include media outreach for Apollo's Showcase of Oscar® Nominated Shorts that played to full theatres in Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. TBC pros successfully generated key industry awards for top feature films such as Warners' City of Angels with Meg Ryan, and for MGM's blockbuster film, Tomorrow Never Dieswith Pierce Brosnan. In addition, we introduced the world media to the inaugural Beverly Hills Film Festival held in April 2001 with director/author Henry Bromell (Panic with Donald Sutherland). We have also served the San Diego World Film Festival.
TBC is proud of its association with renowned film marketing professional Jerry Pam, who continues his long-term relationship with Miramax Films. Mr. Pam's accomplished film marketing career ranges from his days with The Beatles on their hit films, A Hard Day's Night and Help, to most recently, such successes asChocolat, Cinema Paridiso, Cider House Rules, the Oscar® winnerShakespeare in Love and Good Will Hunting, among many other pictures. He also created campaigns for Apocalypse Now, Last Tango in Paris, American Graffiti, The Conversation, and Midnight Express.
Jerry has represented numerous screen and television personalities, including Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Jaclyn Smith, and Robert Stack, as well as well-known writers like Sidney Sheldon, Jackie Collins, Judith Krantz, and Morris West. His corporate clients have ranged from Rolls Royce to Mouton Cadet wines, and Faberge to General Mills.
Our work in book publishing includes the media marketing campaign for film producer/agent Marty Jurow (Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Pink Panther, andTerms of Endearment) and his tales of Hollywood's Golden Age -- Marty Jurow Seein' Stars: A Show Biz Odyssey, a hardbound work published by Southern Methodist University Press. In his book, Mr. Jurow tells riveting vignettes and stories about Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardiner, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, author Truman Capote, Katharine Hepburn, Elvis Presley and Gary Cooper, among others.
