Chester W. Schaeffer

Most Popular Chester W. Schaeffer Trailers

Total trailers found: 31

Wicked Woman Trailer (1953)

09 December 1953

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.

Gentle Annie Trailer (1944)

05 December 1944

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night.

A Really Important Person Trailer (1947)

11 January 1947

A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.

Dinner at Eight Trailer (1933)

22 December 1933

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple.

The Gun Runners Trailer (1958)

01 August 1958

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution.

The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

Historic look at the Columbia River and its development. This film contains rare footage of Grand Coulee Dam construction, Indian fishing at Celilo Falls and the 1948 Vanport flood.

The Well Trailer (1951)

24 September 1951

In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school.

The Canterville Ghost Trailer (1944)

20 July 1944

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.

Two Smart People Trailer (1946)

04 June 1946

Con woman Ricki Woodner and detective Bob Simms follow a prison-bound swindler Ace Connors on his five-day gourmet binge.

A House Is Not a Home Trailer (1964)

12 August 1964

Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.

Cry for Happy Trailer (1961)

03 March 1961

Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.

1+1: Exploring The Kinsey Reports Trailer (1961)

23 August 1961

A college professor lectures on the recently published Kinsey Report, as Americans are stunned by the shocking sexual truths revealed by the statistics.

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter Trailer (1954)

15 December 1954

Davy Crockett seeks a truce with his Indian foes.

Love in the Afternoon Trailer (1957)

29 May 1957

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with a client's wife.

The Deadly Mantis Trailer (1957)

01 May 1957

A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.

Give Us the Earth! Trailer (1947)

21 June 1947

This "Theater of Life" documentary was produced in cooperation with the International Committee, YMCA.

Heart to Heart Trailer (1949)

20 April 1949

This Theatre of Life short focuses on heart disease, and how bad diet, lack of exercise, and the stress of fast-paced living contribute to the rising rates of heart disease and heart attacks.

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier Trailer (1955)

25 May 1955

Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes.

The Tingler Trailer (1959)

29 July 1959

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.

Thunder in the Sun Trailer (1959)

08 April 1959

A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put down roots and open wineries.

Let No Man Write My Epitaph Trailer (1960)

10 November 1960

Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie.

Alaska Lifeboat Trailer (1956)

16 November 1956

This "Theater of Life" series short focuses on a medical services ship that stops in the native village of Haines, Alaska.

The Thief Trailer (1952)

15 October 1952

A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.

A Letter for Evie Trailer (1946)

27 June 1946

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier.

The Balcony Trailer (1963)

21 March 1963

The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive Trailer (1953)

13 July 1953

Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle is sent to investigate, saloon owner Hallie has to be a reluctant witness.

The Caper of the Golden Bulls Trailer (1967)

24 May 1967

Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain.

Duffy of San Quentin Trailer (1954)

16 March 1954

San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

The Greatest Gift Trailer (1942)

05 September 1942

Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous gratitude.

The Luckiest Guy in the World Trailer (1947)

25 January 1947

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man destroys his life through gambling debts and stealing company funds.

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress Trailer (1955)

26 January 1955

The second of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him being bored with life, so he and Georgie plan to resettle their families and file their claims.