Donald Meek Movie Trailers

Happiness C.O.D. Trailer (1935)

14 October 1935

A young man, hard-pressed to pay off his mortgage and support his family, decides that he'll get money any way he can--honestly or otherwise.

Behind The Headlines Trailer (1937)

14 May 1937

A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.

The Week End Mystery Trailer (1931)

01 December 1931

During a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At nine o'clock sharp, he excuses himself from the card table to take his medicine, promising to return soon.

Biography of a Bachelor Girl Trailer (1935)

04 January 1935

Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine.

The Wall Street Mystery Trailer (1931)

04 November 1931

When the apparent murder of two stockbrokers are discovered in their Wall Street office. Police Inspector Crane summons forensic expert Dr.

Maisie Gets Her Man Trailer (1942)

01 June 1942

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon.

Blondie Takes a Vacation Trailer (1939)

20 July 1939

Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings.

You're a Sweetheart Trailer (1937)

26 December 1937

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event.

Sky Murder Trailer (1940)

27 September 1940

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway).

The Studio Murder Mystery Trailer (1932)

17 February 1932

When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr.

Third Finger, Left Hand Trailer (1940)

11 October 1940

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues.

The Return Of Peter Grimm Trailer (1935)

13 September 1935

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.

Rise and Shine Trailer (1941)

21 November 1941

The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football e

What Every Woman Knows Trailer (1934)

18 October 1934

Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie.

Double Danger Trailer (1938)

28 January 1938

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S.

Lost Angel Trailer (1943)

23 December 1943

Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper.

Rationing Trailer (1944)

24 March 1944

A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.

Seven Sweethearts Trailer (1942)

13 November 1942

Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.

Village Tale Trailer (1935)

15 June 1935

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

The Clyde Mystery Trailer (1931)

01 October 1931

The wealthy Mr. Clyde is found dead, shot to death in his home. Inspector Carr suspects a conspiracy between the victim's young wife and her lover, Capt.

Hollywood Cavalcade Trailer (1939)

13 October 1939

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them.

Going Hollywood: The '30s Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

Maid of Salem Trailer (1937)

12 February 1937

When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts.

Barnacle Bill Trailer (1941)

07 April 1941

A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.

The Thin Man Goes Home Trailer (1944)

24 December 1944

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

The Captain Hates the Sea Trailer (1934)

02 November 1934

Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book.

Parnell Trailer (1937)

04 June 1937

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

The Omaha Trail Trailer (1942)

01 September 1942

The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.

Pennies from Heaven Trailer (1936)

25 November 1936

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family.

Young Mr. Lincoln Trailer (1939)

09 June 1939

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law.

China Seas Trailer (1935)

09 August 1935

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold.

Personal Maid Trailer (1931)

12 September 1931

Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family.

Come Live with Me Trailer (1941)

31 January 1941

Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

Three Married Men Trailer (1936)

24 September 1936

Jennie Mullins and her fiancé Peter Cary are happily in love but their families are miserable about their relationship.

Stagecoach Trailer (1939)

02 March 1939

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Blonde Inspiration Trailer (1941)

07 February 1941

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

Star Dust Trailer (1940)

06 April 1940

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

College Coach Trailer (1933)

04 November 1933

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player.

State Fair Trailer (1945)

29 August 1945

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest.

Because of Him Trailer (1946)

18 January 1946

A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star.

Two in a Crowd Trailer (1936)

03 October 1936

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms.

The Wild Man of Borneo Trailer (1941)

24 January 1941

A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

They Got Me Covered Trailer (1943)

04 March 1943

Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her.

The Ghost Comes Home Trailer (1940)

08 March 1940

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

The Toast of New York Trailer (1937)

22 July 1937

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.

Jesse James Trailer (1939)

14 January 1939

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Breakfast for Two Trailer (1937)

22 October 1937

After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home.

You Can't Take It with You Trailer (1938)

01 September 1938

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match.

Make a Wish Trailer (1937)

01 September 1937

While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Trailer (1934)

28 October 1934

The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr.

The Informer Trailer (1935)

09 May 1935

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend.

Peter Ibbetson Trailer (1935)

07 November 1935

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England.

Colonel Effingham's Raid Trailer (1946)

24 January 1946

The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square.

One Rainy Afternoon Trailer (1936)

13 May 1936

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her.

Magic Town Trailer (1947)

07 October 1947

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country.

Captain Blood Trailer (1935)

26 December 1935

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

Tortilla Flat Trailer (1942)

21 May 1942

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Trailer (1938)

11 February 1938

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Double Wedding Trailer (1937)

15 October 1937

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! Trailer (1940)

01 January 1940

In this musical comedy, a traveling salesman gets mixed up with a bratty heiress after she gets in a car wreck as she heads for her elopement.