George Lessey

Most Popular George Lessey Trailers

Total trailers found: 81

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Trailer (1940)

12 April 1940

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

Moon Over Miami Trailer (1941)

04 July 1941

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands.

Dixie Dugan Trailer (1943)

12 March 1943

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War.

The Miss They Missed Trailer (1938)

29 January 1938

Professor Pierre is assigned to find a missing heiress whose fortune will go to a worthless relative if she isn't found.

Bashful Ballerina Trailer (1937)

17 September 1937

Miss Klutz is the worst dancer that has ever enrolled at the school ran by Maestro Boris Cobblier, and he is even considering giving her money back to get rid of her, a consideration not to his financial liking.

Is Life Worth Living? Trailer (1921)

01 September 1921

White Thunder Trailer (1925)

23 May 1925

The son of a sheriff is caught in the eternal battle between sheepmen and cattle ranchers.

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).

Hollywood: Style Center of the World Trailer (1940)

29 May 1940

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America.

Bride by Mistake Trailer (1944)

26 July 1944

The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men.

Why Girls Leave Home Trailer (1921)

04 September 1921

Mr. Hedder is an old fashioned man who will not let his daughter Anna own an evening gown, but she is given one by a friend who is a model.

How to Eat Trailer (1939)

10 June 1939

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his stock everyman and slightly bumbling character Joe Doakes to dramatize such situations.

Buffalo Bill Trailer (1944)

02 April 1944

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

Forbidden Passage Trailer (1941)

08 February 1941

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country.

Mission to Moscow Trailer (1943)

29 April 1943

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

At Bear Track Gulch Trailer (1913)

14 January 1913

This western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements found in David Belasco's influential play, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, produced a decade earlier.

The Insurance Swindlers Trailer (1916)

05 February 1916

The insurance companies, organized in one mighty trust, have been using the policy holders' money to speculate with.

Durand of the Bad Lands Trailer (1925)

01 November 1925

A remake of a 1917 Dustin Farnum Western, Durand of the Bad Lands is the story a rancher falsely accused of a crime actually committed by Sheriff Clem Allison and his henchman Pete Garson.

School Days Trailer (1921)

25 December 1921

A naive young man raised poor in a small town, comes to New York City to make his fortune. Overwhelmed by the city's hustle and bustle, and entranced by the rich and sophisticated high-society types he comes into contact with, he eventually finds himself caught up in the city's seedy underworld.

The Railroad Monopoly Trailer (1916)

15 January 1916

Tom Larnigan, encouraged by his victory over the Textile Trust, turns his attention to the Railroad Monopoly.

A Romance of the Rails Trailer (1912)

05 November 1912

For years, William West has been living in a little house owned by the railroad. He has never paid rent.

Birthright Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

The Silent Command Trailer (1923)

18 August 1923

A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his seductress accomplice bent on destroying the Panama Canal.

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.

We Go Fast Trailer (1941)

19 September 1941

A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore.

A Divorce of Convenience Trailer (1921)

01 January 1921

Spanish coquette Tula Moliana finds herself encumbered with two husbands, and to get a divorce from the first, Senator Wakefield, she engages Jim Blake, the fiancé of Helen, the senator's daughter, to be her correspondent.

Now, Voyager Trailer (1942)

22 October 1942

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

Old King Coal Trailer (1916)

29 January 1916

Stone assures Weisner, head of the Coal Trust, that Larnigan will never start for Pennsylvania. Weisner is skeptical and informs Stone that if he does go he may be killed, as a strike is in progress.

The Pride of the Yankees Trailer (1942)

14 July 1942

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Gallant Sons Trailer (1940)

15 November 1940

When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.

John Manley's Awakening Trailer (1913)

01 January 1913

John Manley one day learns to his great sorrow that Caroline Hastings, whom he was going to ask to be his wife, is already betrothed to another.

Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story Trailer (1912)

16 November 1912

An elderly bank clerk declines to donate money to a tuberculosis fund, but soon his daughter comes down with the disease.

Sporting Blood Trailer (1940)

11 July 1940

Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda.

The Big Boss Trailer (1941)

28 April 1941

Two brothers are separated after the death of their father. One grows up to be a politician, while the other gets involved in corruption.

Patria Trailer (1917)

14 January 1917

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border.

Blossoms in the Dust Trailer (1941)

15 August 1941

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young.

The Passer-by Trailer (1912)

21 June 1912

A random passer-by is invited to a bachelor party of rich men where he tells a tale of loss to those present.

The High Cost of Living Trailer (1912)

04 June 1912

Forbidden from marrying the man she loves by her wealthy businessman father because he is too poor Mildred Lord determines to find a solution.

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Trailer (1940)

05 July 1940

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

The Twelfth Juror Trailer (1913)

19 April 1913

A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence.

Boom Town Trailer (1940)

30 August 1940

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.

It Is the Law Trailer (1924)

31 August 1924

This silent mystery is considered a lost film.

Strike Up the Band Trailer (1940)

27 September 1940

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.

Edison, the Man Trailer (1940)

10 May 1940

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York.

None Shall Escape Trailer (1944)

03 February 1944

Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed during his trial.

The Suburban Trailer (1915)

17 September 1915

Robert Gordon wants Donald, his son, to marry Sir Ralph Fisher's sister, but Donald loves Alice, a working-class girl, and weds her in secret.

Men of Boys Town Trailer (1941)

11 April 1941

Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.

Pistol Packin' Mama Trailer (1943)

15 December 1943

Two tuneful gamblers gambol across the country in a struggle for the money they need to run their respective casinos.

The Marble Heart Trailer (1915)

02 July 1915

A modern artist named Raphael dreams that he is the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias, who has been commissioned by the wealthy Georgias to carve a number of statues.

The Harvest Moon Trailer (1920)

25 April 1920

Madame Vavin dies alone in a small French village without knowledge of her second marriage in England known to anyone.

The Ambassador's Daughter Trailer (1913)

21 January 1913

The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.

Go West Trailer (1940)

06 December 1940

A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

Roxie Hart Trailer (1942)

20 February 1942

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

Rings on Her Fingers Trailer (1942)

20 March 1942

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have.

Adventure in Washington Trailer (1941)

29 May 1941

A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.

The Portrait Trailer (1913)

18 March 1913

Not "as in a looking glass" but "as in his own portrait" in a dream does Paul Le Grand, the famous artist, see the lines of dissipation come, one by one, after each successive debauch.

The Power of the People Trailer (1916)

01 January 1916

Bruce Larnigan finds himself so bitterly opposed by the administration that he resigns his office as District Attorney.

The Harbor Transportation Trust Trailer (1916)

12 February 1916

Bruce Larnigan, in connection with Jack Stevens, is editing the "Independent," the newspaper which Ben Travers had bought to assist the fight against the trusts.

One Third of a Nation Trailer (1939)

10 February 1939

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

The Brass Bowl Trailer (1914)

27 March 1914

Resemblance of a society man to a notorious crook forms the basis of this dramatic, thrilling romance.