Gregory La Cava

Gregory La Cava Trailers

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​ Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director best known for his films of the 1930s, including My Man Godfrey and Stage Door.

Most Popular Gregory La Cava Trailers

Total trailers found: 57

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.

Symphony of Six Million Trailer (1932)

29 April 1932

A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested.

Womanhandled Trailer (1925)

27 December 1925

Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along the Great White Way, so he decides to head out west to his uncle's ranch in Wind River, Texas.

Smart Woman Trailer (1931)

12 September 1931

A society man's loving, devoted wife, upon learning that he has been unfaithful and is planning to leave her for the other woman, strategically pretends to be having an affair of her own.

The Half-Naked Truth Trailer (1932)

16 December 1932

A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan).

Laugh and Get Rich Trailer (1931)

27 March 1931

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.

So's Your Old Man Trailer (1926)

25 October 1926

Gregory La Cava directs this comedy of errors, starring W.C. Fields as a hen-pecked, inebriated inventor who triumphantly creates unbreakable windshield glass while struggling to gain the respect of his social-climbing daughter and nagging wife.

Running Wild Trailer (1927)

10 June 1927

Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering.

Lady in a Jam Trailer (1942)

19 June 1942

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine.

Stage Door Trailer (1937)

08 October 1937

A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.

Gabriel Over the White House Trailer (1933)

31 March 1933

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.

Bed of Roses Trailer (1933)

29 June 1933

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.

Big News Trailer (1929)

06 September 1929

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

The Gay Defender Trailer (1927)

10 December 1927

Real-life outlaw Joaquin Murietta, who (according to this film, anyway) is a latter-day Robin Hood, dedicated to driving land-grabbers and corrupt politicians out of Spanish California.

His Nibs Trailer (1921)

21 October 1921

Shenanigans at a small town movie theater.

Let's Get Married Trailer (1926)

01 March 1926

College football star Billy Dexter is prone to getting into public fights. His father demands he reform and sends him to mend his ways with a devout old woman who deals in hymnals.

Der Captain Discovers the North Pole Trailer (1917)

02 February 1917

Animated short set at the north pole.

Primrose Path Trailer (1940)

22 March 1940

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother.

The Breath of a Nation Trailer (1919)

29 June 1919

Prohibition has just gone into effect, and Judge Rummy's wife eagerly throws away all of the Judge's liquor.

My Man Godfrey Trailer (1936)

02 September 1936

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River.

Cartoons in the Hotel Trailer (1915)

29 June 1915

An hotel bellboy, a telephone operator, a travelling salesman and a thief are absorbed by "The Grouch Chaser", a book containing animated cartoon.

Living in a Big Way Trailer (1947)

10 June 1947

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.

Cartoons in the Country Trailer (1915)

20 October 1915

Donald and Eleanor are in love, so that Jim realizes it is up to him to pick a peach for himself. There is only one room left at their country boarding house and Jim wants to make sure that no one but the proper peach rents it.

She Married Her Boss Trailer (1935)

19 September 1935

A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.

Gallant Lady Trailer (1933)

07 December 1933

Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.

Cartoons in a Seminary Trailer (1915)

22 September 1915

Laura tells her companions at Miss Syntax's seminary that Jim, her sweetheart, is to visit her that afternoon.

Knocking the 'H' Out of Heinie Trailer (1919)

28 April 1919

Based on the Happy Hooligan comic strips.

The Four Orphans Trailer (1923)

28 January 1923

A childless couple hire 4 orphans to scare off a visiting uncle who don't like kids.

Sharks Is Sharks Trailer (1917)

02 February 1917

The Captain tries fishing without luck.

A Smash-Up In China Trailer (1919)

24 March 1919

"Smash-Up in China" is a very early animated film. The story consists of the Hooligan telling the little hooligans about his supposed adventures in China.

One Good Turn Deserves Another Trailer (1920)

17 June 1920

A Judge Rummy short.

Der Captain Is Examined for Insurance Trailer (1917)

02 February 1917

Animated short about a medical check up.

Introducing Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Trailer (1916)

18 February 1916

The first animated Krazy Kat cartoon

Smokey Smokes Trailer (1920)

06 June 1920

The Affairs of Cellini Trailer (1934)

24 August 1934

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.

One Touch of Venus Trailer (1948)

01 August 1948

A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.

The Age of Consent Trailer (1932)

19 August 1932

College co-eds struggle with the moral, societal and human aspects of romance.

Fifth Avenue Girl Trailer (1939)

22 September 1939

A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

Paradise for Two Trailer (1927)

23 January 1927

Steve Porter, a young American bachelor and fully intending to remain as such, inherits a fortune but must get married in order to claim it.

Say It Again Trailer (1926)

31 May 1926

Bob Howard, a WWI wounded soldier in a army hospital, meets and falls in love with Princess Elena. When the Armistice is signed, he is quickly shipped back home to America.

Unfinished Business Trailer (1941)

27 August 1941

Starting with a cruel joke – a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the woman sharing their train compartment – the film charts the relationship that develops between a small-town girl in the big city, and the brother of the man who has heartlessly seduced and abandoned her.

Saturday's Children Trailer (1929)

10 March 1929

Youthful sweethearts, Bobbi and Jim, plan to get married but Bobbi wants them to settle down in their sleepy hometown.

The Spider and the Fly Trailer (1917)

01 January 1917

Happy Hooligan is distracted by a spider instead doing his job chopping wood. The spider weaves a web stretching up to heaven so Happy climbs up.

Feel My Pulse Trailer (1928)

26 February 1928

A rich but hypochondriac heiress inherits a sanitarium. What she doesn't know is that it is a front for bootleggers, and a hideout for criminals on the run from the law.

His First Command Trailer (1929)

28 December 1929

A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.

The Pill Pounder Trailer (1923)

23 April 1923

Charlie is a small town druggist trying to wait on trade and play a social game of poker in the back room.

Half a Bride Trailer (1928)

16 June 1928

Patience Winslow is an impulsive heiress who marries a much-older man whom she really doesn't love. While honeymooning on her yacht without her new husband, Patience is marooned on a desert island with handsome Captain Edmunds.

Private Worlds Trailer (1935)

19 April 1935

At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr.

The New School Teacher Trailer (1924)

31 May 1924

The new teacher is brutally terrorized by the pupils and becomes the laughingstock of town. Then dramatic events occur which give him a chance for redemption.

Kats Is Kats Trailer (1920)

04 June 1920

When Ignatz Mouse throws the brick at the Smelly Skunk and cashing him.

Doing His Bit Trailer (1918)

29 April 1918

Happy Hooligan tells how, as a secret agent, he was captured by Germans in World War I, stole important war plans and returned to the allied lines, where he was greeted by allied generals who shouted "Vive Holligan.

Throwing the Bull Trailer (1918)

17 June 1918

Based on the comic strip Happy Hooligan, this cartoon was packaged with the Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial and shown before the main features in theaters.

Krazy and Ignatz Discuss the Letter 'G' Trailer (1916)

24 February 1916

The setting has Krazy doing the serving and the cooking at a diner, flipping pan-cakes as Ignatz enters to ask for "goose giblets 'n gravy.

Tell It to Sweeney Trailer (1927)

24 September 1927

Luke Beamish is the engineer of the Isobel, an old iron steed, and Cannonball Casey handles the throttle of the Mogul, a modern locomotive.

Policy and Pie Trailer (1918)

02 February 1918

After the Captain finds the black cat under his hat on the floor after the hat moved, he hits the cat with a brush at the exact time Mama's flour in her pie hits her and makes her white!

Restless Wives Trailer (1924)

06 January 1924

1924 picture directed by Gregory La Cava.

A Heathen Benefit Trailer (1918)

15 July 1918

A Katzenjammer Kids cartoon.