Douglas Shearer Movie Trailers

Paid Trailer (1930)

30 December 1930

Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.

Married Bachelor Trailer (1941)

16 October 1941

A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.

Sinner Take All Trailer (1936)

18 December 1936

A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.

Valley of the Kings Trailer (1954)

21 July 1954

Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt.

Moonlight Murder Trailer (1936)

27 March 1936

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

The Show-Off Trailer (1934)

09 March 1934

Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board.

Spring Madness Trailer (1938)

11 November 1938

Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.

New Morals for Old Trailer (1932)

04 June 1932

Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.

The Earl of Chicago Trailer (1940)

05 January 1940

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

The Winning Ticket Trailer (1935)

08 February 1935

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

Politics Trailer (1931)

26 February 1931

A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.

Capriccio Italien Trailer (1953)

04 June 1953

Johnny Green conducts the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien".

Maisie Was a Lady Trailer (1941)

10 January 1941

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid.

Soldiers Three Trailer (1951)

01 April 1951

Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

Three Comrades Trailer (1938)

02 June 1938

A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I.

Please Believe Me Trailer (1950)

12 May 1950

A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not suspecting two men aboard both plan on winning her hand before she reaches America.

Strange Interlude Trailer (1932)

30 December 1932

After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his.

Broadway Serenade Trailer (1939)

07 April 1939

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.

Nazi Agent Trailer (1942)

01 March 1942

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil.

Dangerous When Wet Trailer (1953)

18 June 1953

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel.

Lovers Courageous Trailer (1932)

23 January 1932

A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Trailer (1939)

01 December 1939

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.

My Dear Miss Aldrich Trailer (1937)

17 September 1937

A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.

Young Man with Ideas Trailer (1952)

02 May 1952

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

David Copperfield Trailer (1935)

18 January 1935

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

Strange Cargo Trailer (1940)

01 March 1940

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

Kathleen Trailer (1941)

18 December 1941

Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time.

The Bachelor Father Trailer (1931)

10 January 1931

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years.

Confidentially Connie Trailer (1953)

12 March 1953

Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch.

Grand Central Murder Trailer (1942)

01 May 1942

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning.

The Yellow Cab Man Trailer (1950)

25 March 1950

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way.

Swing Shift Maisie Trailer (1943)

01 October 1943

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin.

New Moon Trailer (1930)

23 December 1930

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance.

The Cuban Love Song Trailer (1931)

18 November 1931

A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.

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.

Night Court Trailer (1932)

04 June 1932

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.

The Courtship of Andy Hardy Trailer (1942)

03 March 1942

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.

Dark Delusion Trailer (1947)

24 June 1947

Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay.

Children of Pleasure Trailer (1930)

26 April 1930

A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

The Bishop Misbehaves Trailer (1935)

13 September 1935

On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned.

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.

Rose Marie Trailer (1954)

03 March 1954

Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The Ship from Shanghai Trailer (1930)

31 January 1930

On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.

Pagan Love Song Trailer (1950)

26 December 1950

Island girl Mimi plans to leave Tahiti, but maybe she'll have a reason to stay when Mr. Endicott arrives.

Mata Hari Trailer (1931)

26 December 1931

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

We Who Are Young Trailer (1940)

19 July 1940

A man violates company policy by getting married.

The Great Lover Trailer (1931)

18 July 1931

An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.

The Big Hangover Trailer (1950)

26 May 1950

A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

West of Broadway Trailer (1931)

28 November 1931

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.