Donald Haines Movie Trailers

Sergeant Madden Trailer (1939)

24 March 1939

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.

A Lad an' a Lamp Trailer (1932)

17 December 1932

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

Shivering Shakespeare Trailer (1930)

25 January 1930

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis.

Radio Scout Trailer (1934)

01 September 1934

A radio station's janitor is sent to the Kentucky Hills to round-up some hillbilly talent. He poses as a hillbilly (from the Minnesota sector) to gain their confidence.

When a Feller Needs a Friend Trailer (1932)

30 April 1932

A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.

Flying Wild Trailer (1941)

10 March 1941

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.

Bargain Day Trailer (1931)

01 May 1931

Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.

Love Business Trailer (1931)

14 February 1931

Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.

Pride of the Bowery Trailer (1940)

15 December 1940

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with other campers.

Bunker Bean Trailer (1936)

26 June 1936

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.

Fish Hooky Trailer (1933)

28 January 1933

A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.

The Winning Ticket Trailer (1935)

08 February 1935

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

Helping Grandma Trailer (1931)

03 January 1931

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

Fugitive from a Prison Camp Trailer (1940)

05 October 1940

Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama.

Radio Dough Trailer (1934)

05 February 1934

Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers.

Skippy Trailer (1931)

25 April 1931

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

Teacher's Pet Trailer (1930)

11 October 1930

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

Kidnapped Trailer (1938)

27 May 1938

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

Manhattan Melodrama Trailer (1934)

04 May 1934

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

On Your Toes Trailer (1939)

14 October 1939

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

The First Seven Years Trailer (1930)

01 March 1930

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.

Little Miss Nobody Trailer (1936)

05 June 1936

A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

Love and Hisses Trailer (1937)

21 December 1937

As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.

Music in the Air Trailer (1934)

13 December 1934

A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

That Gang of Mine Trailer (1940)

23 September 1940

A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse.

East Side Kids Trailer (1940)

10 February 1940

After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman.

Down on the Farm Trailer (1938)

11 October 1938

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

Little Man, What Now? Trailer (1934)

04 June 1934

A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.

Mickey's Helping Hand Trailer (1931)

18 December 1931

One of the few films in the series without Mickey Rooney. Costar Marvin Stephens ("Katrink'") stands in for Rooney.

Classic Comedy Teams Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.

Straight from the Heart Trailer (1935)

22 March 1935

In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit.

No Children Trailer (1929)

10 March 1929

Parents pretend they are in show business and their kids are ventriloquist dummies.

Melody Ranch Trailer (1940)

15 September 1940

His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.

The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning Trailer (1937)

11 September 1937

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on Friday and is convinced he is going to get fired.

The Nitwits Trailer (1935)

07 June 1935

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

Never Say Die Trailer (1939)

08 March 1939

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty.

Vagabond Lady Trailer (1935)

03 May 1935

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner.

Boys of the City Trailer (1940)

15 July 1940

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

Bowery Blitzkrieg Trailer (1941)

01 August 1941

The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.

The Return of Wild Bill Trailer (1940)

26 June 1940

When Matt Kilgore and his men frame and then hang an innocent man, Lige Saunders sends for his son Wild Bill Saunders who arrives to find his father shot by Matt's brother.