Joseph L. Mankiewicz Movie Trailers

Emergency Call Trailer (1933)

24 June 1933

A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.

All About Mankiewicz Trailer (1983)

31 December 1983

Joseph L. Mankiewicz discusses his career in a feature-length interview recorded at his New England home and the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.

Newly Rich Trailer (1931)

02 July 1931

Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars.

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Trailer (1986)

09 March 1986

In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.

June Moon Trailer (1931)

21 March 1931

An ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.

Sky Bride Trailer (1932)

19 April 1932

Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and hawking rides for the locals.

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton Trailer (1988)

20 September 1988

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

Reunion in France Trailer (1942)

25 December 1942

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

Hello Actors Studio Trailer (1988)

09 November 1988

After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization.

All About Eve Trailer (1950)

09 November 1950

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing.

House of Strangers Trailer (1949)

01 July 1949

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices.

Skippy Trailer (1931)

25 April 1931

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.

Dragonwyck Trailer (1946)

10 April 1946

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Pleins feux Trailer (2017)

07 February 2017

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Catherine Moreau is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Adeline Margaux.

The Philadelphia Story Trailer (1940)

05 December 1940

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

People Will Talk Trailer (1951)

29 August 1951

A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Trailer (1985)

03 March 1985

Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

Julius Caesar Trailer (1953)

04 June 1953

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

The Screen Director Trailer (1951)

12 March 1951

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview.

The Pirate Trailer (1948)

11 June 1948

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco.

Manhattan Melodrama Trailer (1934)

04 May 1934

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

A Letter to Three Wives Trailer (1949)

20 January 1949

A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.

The Wild Man of Borneo Trailer (1941)

24 January 1941

A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Trailer (1970)

24 March 1970

A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality.

Finn and Hattie Trailer (1931)

04 February 1931

The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the whole town goes to see them off, it is clear who wears the pants in the family - it's their daughter Mildred.

Diplomaniacs Trailer (1933)

28 April 1933

Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers.

Night of 100 Stars III Trailer (1990)

21 May 1990

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Trailer (1947)

25 May 1947

In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.

Guys and Dolls Trailer (1955)

23 December 1955

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other.

No Way Out Trailer (1950)

16 August 1950

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

There Was a Crooked Man... Trailer (1970)

18 September 1970

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

A Christmas Carol Trailer (1938)

16 December 1938

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

Sleuth Trailer (1972)

10 December 1972

A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

The Honey Pot Trailer (1967)

21 May 1967

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

5 Fingers Trailer (1952)

22 February 1952

During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Cairo Trailer (1942)

17 August 1942

Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.

Suddenly, Last Summer Trailer (1959)

22 December 1959

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs.

Alice in Wonderland Trailer (1933)

18 December 1933

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

The Barefoot Contessa Trailer (1954)

29 September 1954

A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub.

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Trailer (1991)

28 October 1991

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s.

Escape Trailer (1948)

01 March 1948

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.

Carol for Another Christmas Trailer (1964)

28 December 1964

Wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.

The Gang Buster Trailer (1931)

17 January 1931

Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade.

Double Wedding Trailer (1937)

15 October 1937

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.

This Reckless Age Trailer (1932)

09 January 1932

Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous.

The Quiet American Trailer (1958)

08 February 1958

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.

Night After Night Trailer (1932)

29 October 1932

A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Trailer (1939)

10 February 1939

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

Fury Trailer (1936)

05 June 1936

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

Pleins feux Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Catherine Moreau is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Adeline Margaux.

Three Godfathers Trailer (1936)

06 March 1936

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert.

Paramount on Parade Trailer (1930)

22 April 1930

This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cres

The Late George Apley Trailer (1947)

19 March 1947

Bostonites George and Catherine Apley live a proper life in a social circle. However, their daughter Eleanor's love for Howard Boulton and their son John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.

If I Had a Million Trailer (1932)

18 November 1932

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story Trailer (2006)

03 May 2006

Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.

National Theatre Live: All About Eve Trailer (2019)

11 March 2019