Chester A. Lyons Movie Trailers

Liliom Trailer (1930)

27 September 1930

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong.

The First Year Trailer (1926)

24 January 1926

One of the films that Borzage shot under contract for Fox before he began his run of box-office hits.

Greased Lightning Trailer (1919)

27 April 1919

Andy Fletcher is a blacksmith in a country village, but he dreams of racing automobiles. He gets his chance to enter a big race, but winning is complicated by a band of bank robbers.

String Beans Trailer (1918)

22 December 1918

Farmer Toby Watkinsm whose fanciful poetry does not impress his exasperated uncle, leaves the farm to become a subscription solicitor for the "Sawbert Weekly Clarion.

Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life.

Bill Henry Trailer (1919)

17 August 1919

Bill Henry Jenkins is a country boy on the lookout for a good career. He faces numerous obstacles, including losing his sales job when his bicycle is lost.

The Nth Commandment Trailer (1923)

18 March 1923

A department store clerk decides to marry a withdrawing colleague with tuberculosis, over another dashing, ambitious suitor, leads to a life of hardship and struggle.

Scandalous Tongues Trailer (1922)

22 October 1922

Nell Bradley, the daughter of a wealthy bootlegger, who is encouraged to improve herself through education by Reverend Charles Alden.

The Age of Desire Trailer (1923)

01 September 1923

Janet Loring is a young widow with a young son. She marries millionaire Malcolm Trask, but doesn't tell him about her previous marriage or her son, Ranny.

His Own Home Town Trailer (1918)

27 May 1918

Jimmy Duncan, the son of the well-respected Reverend Duncan, takes over his local newspaper as manager.

Three Live Ghosts Trailer (1936)

10 January 1936

Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.

Sudden Jim Trailer (1917)

22 July 1917

James Ashe sends his son James Jr. off to manage a family-owned logging mill. While attending to his duties, James Jr.

Mother Machree Trailer (1927)

19 December 1927

Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school.

The Family Skeleton Trailer (1918)

31 March 1918

Wealthy young Billy Bates's greatest fear is that he has inherited his family curse: drink. But when he falls for a beautiful showgirl from the Ziegfeld Follies, she shows him he has nothing to fear.

Lightnin' Trailer (1930)

28 November 1930

Lightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by divorcing wives so they can pretend to be in California while establishing residency in Nevada.

Ramona Trailer (1936)

25 September 1936

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.

Robin Hood of El Dorado Trailer (1936)

17 March 1936

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans.

The Circle Trailer (1925)

22 September 1925

Elizabeth Cheney has a wealthy husband, social prominence and everything she could want in life . . .

The Good Provider Trailer (1922)

02 April 1922

A prosperous small-town peddler accedes to his family's wish to move from their secure existence to the uncertainty of New York City.

His Mother's Boy Trailer (1917)

24 December 1917

After his father dies amidst rumors that he was an oil swindler, Matthew Denton goes to Texas to discover the truth.

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Trailer (1921)

04 December 1921

Two confidence men pose as investors to fleece the denizens of a small town. They build a carpet-tack factory with the funds, but some stockholders are suspicious.

White Hunter Trailer (1936)

25 November 1936

Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his father's death.

The Pride of Palomar Trailer (1922)

26 November 1922

A soldier inaccurately reported as dead returns home to his Spanish family’s estate in California, only to find his father deceased and his ancestral land in the hands of strangers.

Mad Love Trailer (1935)

12 July 1935

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

Bombshell Trailer (1933)

13 October 1933

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Lucky Star Trailer (1929)

18 August 1929

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs.

Paris Green Trailer (1920)

01 June 1920

A young man who falls for a Parisian dancer, but his wealthy family disapproves leading to societal conflict, misunderstandings, and eventual reconciliation as he navigates love, tradition, and his family's stubbornness in the post-WWI era, culminating in him choosing true love over strict duty.

Peaceful Valley Trailer (1920)

10 October 1920

Hosiah Howe struggles to earn his living on a farm that lies in the shadow of a wealthy summer resort.

Bad Girl Trailer (1931)

13 August 1931

A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

Hay Foot, Straw Foot Trailer (1919)

22 June 1919

Silent military romantic love triangle comedy (based on the story by Julien Josephson), about a soldier named Ulysses S.

Man and Maid Trailer (1925)

20 April 1925

Boulevardier Sir Nicholas Thormonde (Lew Cody) has to choose between his mistress Suzette (Renée Adorée) and his virtuous secretary Alathea (Harriet Hammond) in wartime Paris.

The Power of the Press Trailer (1928)

30 October 1928

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane.

Clothes Make the Woman Trailer (1928)

04 June 1928

A young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally wounding her in the massacre of the Romanovs during the Russian Revolution.

Sequoia Trailer (1935)

16 January 1935

A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends.

The Gateway of the Moon Trailer (1928)

01 January 1928

To prevent discovery of the cruel methods he is using in building a Bolivian railway, Gillespie a ruthless construction crew foreman, attempts to kill Arthur Wyatt, an Englishman sent to inspect the job.

Happiness Trailer (1924)

09 March 1924

The adventures of a young shopgirl who learns that having money is not the key to happiness.

Young as You Feel Trailer (1931)

06 August 1931

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him.

What Price Decency Trailer (1933)

07 March 1933

A young woman with a shady past goes to the tropics, where she winds up marrying a vicious and brutal pearl trader, then falls in love with another man.

The Bootlegger's Daughter Trailer (1922)

06 October 1922

Silent directed by Victor Schertzinger

Children of Dust Trailer (1923)

04 June 1923

Young Terwilliger, an orphan boy in New York City, "adopts" Old Archer, the caretaker of Gramercy Park, after the man is arrested for beating Terwiliger for picking a flower for his dead mother.

The Girl Dodger Trailer (1919)

09 February 1919

Aspiring writer Cuthbert Trotman moves to the big city to find success. He becomes the protégé of Harry Travistock, a wealthy man-about-town who takes Cuthbert under his wing to show him the "ways of the city".

Not Damaged Trailer (1930)

25 May 1930

A fortune teller informs a hopeless romantic that she'll be meeting a mysterious, tall, dark stranger.

A Nine O'Clock Town Trailer (1918)

28 July 1918

David Clary runs a sleepy little dry-goods store in a sleepy little town. A vamp from the big city shows up, intent on taking Clary for everything he's worth by a combination of seduction and blackmail.

Crooked Straight Trailer (1919)

09 November 1919

Ben Trimble, a country boy visiting the city, becomes involved with a safecracker and finds himself sliding into a life of crime.

Night Life Trailer (1927)

01 November 1927

In post-World War I Vienna, a confidence trickster falls in love with a struggling waitress.

They Had to See Paris Trailer (1929)

18 September 1929

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people.

Red Hot Dollars Trailer (1919)

28 December 1919

A young man working in a steel mill falls in love with an old Scotsman's daughter. The young man saves the life of the steel-mill owner and is adopted by him.

The Valley of Silent Men Trailer (1922)

10 September 1922

The hunter becomes the hunted, an officer of the Royal Mounted, fleeing, fighting for his life. Guided to a secret valley in the frozen North by a hot-blooded French-Canadian beauty, with a secret of her own.

The Law of the North Trailer (1918)

29 September 1918

Alain de Montcalm, son of a French trading post owner, pursues the villainous Caesar Le Noir across the icy northern wilderness.

Deception Trailer (1932)

04 November 1932

Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.

The Hired Man Trailer (1918)

27 January 1918

Ezry is a hardworking hired man who saves his money carefully in the hopes one day of going to college.

Just Like a Woman Trailer (1923)