James C. Morton

Most Popular James C. Morton Trailers

Total trailers found: 109

A Lad an' a Lamp Trailer (1932)

17 December 1932

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

Another Wild Idea Trailer (1934)

16 June 1934

Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions.

Sneak Easily Trailer (1932)

10 December 1932

Juror Zasu accidentally swallows a piece of evidence which just happens to be a time bomb.

Modern Times Trailer (1936)

05 February 1936

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The Nuisance Trailer (1933)

03 June 1933

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

The Payoff Trailer (1935)

09 January 1935

An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.

Black Diamonds Trailer (1940)

16 July 1940

A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.

Follow the Leader Trailer (1930)

06 December 1930

A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show.

The Captain Hits the Ceiling Trailer (1935)

09 July 1935

Franklin gets into a disagreement with a tough sea captain. However, he doesn't find out until later that the captain is his fiance's father.

News Is Made at Night Trailer (1939)

20 July 1939

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

What Price Pants Trailer (1931)

21 August 1931

The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its illegal shenanigans.

A Grocery Clerk's Romance Trailer (1912)

28 October 1912

Ford arranged for lazy Brown to be kidnapped and dynamited by thugs, so that he can move in and marry Mrs.

Bad Man from Red Butte Trailer (1940)

01 June 1940

A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murder.

Bring 'Em Back a Wife Trailer (1933)

13 January 1933

When Billy must prove that he's married in order to keep his job, he disguises Ben in drag in an attempt to pass him off as the little woman.

Mama Runs Wild Trailer (1937)

22 December 1937

Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank robbers after walking into the bank during the robbery and one of the robbers, in taking money from her purse, left his fingerprints on the purse.

A Tragedy at Midnight Trailer (1942)

02 February 1942

The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

Mutiny on the Blackhawk Trailer (1939)

31 July 1939

Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard a slave ship on the high seas, the bartering of natives for slavery in a tropical paradise, and battle scenes between enraged California settlers and the Mexican Army.

Clock Wise Trailer (1939)

24 March 1939

Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.

Earl of Puddlestone Trailer (1940)

31 August 1940

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.

Alum and Eve Trailer (1932)

24 September 1932

When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.

The Soilers Trailer (1932)

29 October 1932

Zasu and Thelma are working their way through college by selling magazine subscriptions. Finding little success going door-to-door, the pair decide to use their charms to sell to men at their places of work.

Stablemates Trailer (1938)

07 October 1938

A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.

Hot News Margie Trailer (1931)

27 November 1931

Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any truth to the rumor that college football star Babe Booth is secretly married.

Slave Ship Trailer (1937)

16 June 1937

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

The Iron Claw Trailer (1941)

15 August 1941

The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster.

Swanee River Trailer (1939)

29 December 1939

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.

Frisco Kid Trailer (1935)

30 November 1935

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

When the Daltons Rode Trailer (1940)

23 August 1940

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company.

The Good Bad Egg Trailer (1947)

20 March 1947

In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child.

Tell No Tales Trailer (1939)

12 June 1939

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

Naughty Marietta Trailer (1935)

29 March 1935

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Meet Dr. Christian Trailer (1939)

17 November 1939

The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor trying to convince local officials to approve funds for a new hospital.

Josette Trailer (1938)

03 June 1938

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Public Hero Number 1 Trailer (1935)

31 May 1935

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums.

Murder in Times Square Trailer (1943)

01 April 1943

An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.

Colorado Trailer (1940)

15 September 1940

Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate.

Song of the Saddle Trailer (1936)

28 February 1936

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back.

Danger On Wheels Trailer (1940)

02 February 1940

During a test, a race car using an experimental oil fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared.

September in the Rain Trailer (1937)

17 December 1937

The rain is outdoors; the action is indoors, in a grocery store, where the characters on product labels come to life.

The Devil's Brother Trailer (1933)

05 May 1933

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

The Courageous Dr. Christian Trailer (1940)

04 April 1940

A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.

The Shadow Strikes Trailer (1937)

29 October 1937

Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office.

Hot Spot Trailer (1932)

21 September 1932

When the boys end up with a half-naked woman in their cab, trouble ensues when her jealous husband appears.

The Nightshirt Bandit Trailer (1938)

27 October 1938

A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up with the somnambulistic thief, it's not quite who he thought it would be.

Free, Blonde and 21 Trailer (1940)

28 March 1940

Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.

A Doggone Mixup Trailer (1938)

05 December 1938

Harry, who can't resist a bargain, buys a St. Bernard dog.

Mr. Dynamite Trailer (1941)

01 March 1941

A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.

A Polo Phony Trailer (1941)

16 May 1941

Salesman Leon Errol joins a polo club to secure an order from a tough-sell member. He manages to gum up the deal for his company and gets fired.

In Old California Trailer (1942)

31 May 1942

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry.

Dancing on the Ceiling Trailer (1937)

02 January 1937

A young man follows a pretty girl into her office, which turns out to be a musical dentist office. Cute chorus girls attend to the many male customers, and the girl the young man was following is revealed to be the dentist.

Butch Minds the Baby Trailer (1942)

20 March 1942

Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child.

Taxi for Two Trailer (1932)

03 December 1932

Billy and Ben continually make a mess of things, having multiple accidents with their Taxi.

The Brain Busters Trailer (1936)

09 January 1936

Billy Gilbert and Vince Barnett moved over to the remnants of the Christie Brothers for a series of short subjects in which they played variations on Laurel & Hardy.

The Lady Escapes Trailer (1937)

22 July 1937

A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.

Brothers of the West Trailer (1937)

29 June 1937

Tyler is a range detective whose brother stands accused of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president.

Rose of Washington Square Trailer (1939)

05 May 1939

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

Public Cowboy No. 1 Trailer (1937)

11 June 1937

Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks to steal the cows, butcher them in the field and ship them out before getting caught.

Blackmail Trailer (1939)

08 September 1939

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

Straight, Place and Show Trailer (1938)

30 September 1938

The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.

The Boogie Man Will Get You Trailer (1942)

22 October 1942

A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.