Erville Alderson Movie Trailers

Abe Lincoln in Illinois Trailer (1940)

22 February 1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.

The Scarlet Empress Trailer (1934)

09 May 1934

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne.

Parachute Battalion Trailer (1941)

12 September 1941

Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers.

The Lady from Cheyenne Trailer (1941)

11 April 1941

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots.

America Trailer (1924)

21 February 1924

The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.

Love Finds Andy Hardy Trailer (1938)

22 July 1938

Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.

My Favorite Blonde Trailer (1942)

02 April 1942

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.

The Thirteenth Guest Trailer (1932)

09 August 1932

Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the remaining guests are being murdered one by one, and their bodies being placed at the same dinner table in the appropriate seats they occupied thirteen years prior.

Mountain Justice Trailer (1937)

24 April 1937

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.

Isn't Life Wonderful Trailer (1924)

05 December 1924

A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during the Great Inflation.

Cynara Trailer (1932)

24 December 1932

A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him.

The Cabin in the Cotton Trailer (1932)

26 September 1932

Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

Small Town Boy Trailer (1937)

24 September 1937

Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "honesty is the best policy", but lack of money keeps him from marrying Molly and buying a little home, and his is threatened with the loss of the petty job he has had for four years with old Curtis French, Molly's uncle, because he can not sell enough insurance policies.

Stand Up and Fight Trailer (1939)

06 January 1939

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

The Music Goes 'Round Trailer (1936)

27 February 1936

Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showboat players and takes them to New York City.

First Comes Courage Trailer (1943)

29 July 1943

Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.

The Shanghai Chest Trailer (1948)

11 July 1948

Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites, and all three victims were connected with the conviction and execution of an evidently innocent man.

The Man Without a Country Trailer (1937)

27 November 1937

This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.

John Meade's Woman Trailer (1937)

26 February 1937

"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where she meets "lumber king" John Meade.

The Stranger's Return Trailer (1933)

28 July 1933

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.

What's Buzzin', Cousin? Trailer (1943)

08 July 1943

Musicians help a woman and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.

Maryland Trailer (1940)

19 July 1940

A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses.

An American Romance Trailer (1944)

16 April 1944

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

Too Many Cooks Trailer (1931)

18 July 1931

A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble.

Outside These Walls Trailer (1939)

04 May 1939

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.

The Richest Man in Town Trailer (1941)

02 August 1941

The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town.

A Thief in the Dark Trailer (1928)

20 May 1928

Ernest, a young drifter, joins a troupe of mystics led by a Professor Xeno in a carnival. Ernest learns that his colleagues are burgling homes in districts they pass through.

The Good-Bad Wife Trailer (1920)

01 October 1920

William Carter, a young Virginian in Paris, becomes enchanted with music hall dancer Fanchon La Fare)

The White Black Sheep Trailer (1926)

12 December 1926

Robert Kincairn, the dissolute son of a British colonel, is gallant enough to take the blame for a robbery perpetrated by his fiancee Enid.

The Price of Honor Trailer (1927)

05 March 1927

Directed by Edward H. Griffith. With Dorothy Revier, Malcolm McGregor, William V. Mong, Gustav von Seyffertitz.