Maurice Costello Trailers
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Most Popular Maurice Costello Trailers
Total trailers found: 139
Third Finger, Left Hand Trailer (1940)
11 October 1940
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues.
The New Stenographer Trailer (1911)
18 February 1911
A capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The bosses and clerk get a surprise at the end.
Johnny Apollo Trailer (1940)
19 April 1940
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release.
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome Trailer (1909)
21 August 1909
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, and Nero, hoping to divert the public wrath from his own misconduct, has encouraged the persecution of the growing sect of Christians.
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy Trailer (1908)
28 September 1908
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
The Glimpses of the Moon Trailer (1923)
25 March 1923
Although Susan Branch is herself without finances, she has many wealthy friends who supply her with clothes and gay times.
The Geranium Trailer (1911)
15 July 1911
One glance at the poor and disordered home of the Tunisons shows us there is something still lacking.
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils Trailer (1908)
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
The Mysterious Lodger Trailer (1914)
27 August 1914
Returning home from a matinee, Ralph Brent, a poor actor, finds his step-child dead. The child's mother returns intoxicated, having purchased drink instead of medicine for the child, with the money he had given her.
Little Nemo Trailer (1911)
08 April 1911
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
A Man to Remember Trailer (1938)
14 October 1938
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
It's a Wonderful World Trailer (1939)
19 May 1939
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed.
Citizen Kane Trailer (1941)
17 April 1941
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist.
A Man Betrayed Trailer (1941)
07 March 1941
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.
Roulette Trailer (1924)
19 January 1924
Before he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his chair.
The Black Sheep Trailer (1912)
19 July 1912
You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses.
The Old Silver Watch Trailer (1912)
19 March 1912
Mary Collins dies leaving two children; Mildred ('Lucie') and Frank. On her deathbed, she gives Frank a silver watch that belonged to his father.
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever Trailer (1939)
21 July 1939
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher.
A Fig Leaf for Eve Trailer (1944)
04 July 1944
A nightclub dancer, raised in an orphanage, learns she might be the long-lost heiress to a hair tonic fortune.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Trailer (1939)
19 October 1939
After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington.
Tin Pan Alley Trailer (1940)
29 November 1940
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes.
Love of Women Trailer (1924)
30 June 1924
Cynthia Redfield elopes with Ernest Herrick, against the wishes of her socially ambitious mother and an unscrupulous millionaire, Bronson Gibbs, who has courted Cynthia with his position.
Happily Buried Trailer (1939)
14 April 1939
For some unexplained reason, sales of waffle irons have plummeted. Evelyn Foster, president of the Magic Circle Waffle Iron Company, and Richard Wright, president of the Four Square Waffle Iron Company, decide to merge their companies and get married as well.
The Ghost Comes Home Trailer (1940)
08 March 1940
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
A Tale of Two Cities Trailer (1911)
20 February 1911
An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
Virtuous Liars Trailer (1924)
18 May 1924
A high-society woman, mingling with the artistic set in New York City, gets snared in a tangle of lies, and is forced to fight against overwhelming odds to care for her beloved child.
Foreign Correspondent Trailer (1940)
16 August 1940
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war.
Man and Wife Trailer (1923)
25 March 1923
Dora Perkins is a country girl who runs away to New York City. She gets work as a nurse and marries Dr.
The Crimson Stain Mystery Trailer (1916)
21 August 1916
In attempting to develop a chemical which would make a person super-intelligent, Dr. Montrose fails and the subjects of his experiments metamorphose into hideous monsters who band together and prey on humans.
The Story Without a Name Trailer (1924)
27 October 1924
Alan Holt is a radio expert who has invented a death ray machine for the U.S. government. International spy Drakma wants to get his hands on the invention and he sends his henchmen to attack Holt in his laboratory.
Auld Lang Syne Trailer (1911)
07 November 1911
Among the green hills of Scotland dwelt two farmer lads, Tammas and Geordie, fast friends tried and loyal as members of the same clan.
Some Good in All Trailer (1911)
25 December 1911
John Lane is a prosperous businessman, a widower, who lives in a large house with his seven-year-old daughter Betty.
The Wagon Show Trailer (1928)
19 February 1928
Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.
Getting Up a Practice Trailer (1913)
27 March 1913
Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr.
All This, and Heaven Too Trailer (1940)
05 July 1940
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband.
The Roaring Twenties Trailer (1939)
28 October 1939
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver.
The Sale of a Heart Trailer (1913)
18 July 1913
To avoid ruin, an impoverished count arranges a marriage between his daughter and a wealthy man she does not love.
The Climax Trailer (1944)
20 October 1944
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession.
Fellow Voyagers Trailer (1913)
26 November 1913
Miss Marbury comes on deck and looks haughtily at Mrs. Cray, an attractive young widow, half suspecting that she has her steamer chair.
Wanted... a Grandmother Trailer (1912)
09 August 1912
Kitty Mallory, the young actress, finds herself in straightened circumstances. Looking for the immediate dollar, she sees an "ad" in the newspaper, for an elderly lady as companion to a little invalid boy.
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Trailer (1941)
07 August 1941
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body.
A Princess of Bagdad Trailer (1913)
01 September 1913
A caliph imprisons the cobbler's son his daughter has fallen in love with, but the cobbler's discovery of a treasure cave may be the key to freeing his son.
Rose Leaves Trailer (1910)
27 August 1910
Mrs. String, sitting under the rose bushes with her baby, Helen, on her knee, is approached lovingly by her husband, who lovingly speaks to his family and then shakes the rose bushes over their heads, causing the white leaves to fall upon their heads in a shower of rarest sun tints.
The Tower of Jewels Trailer (1919)
08 December 1919
Emily Cottrell, one of the most respected members of a large gang of crooks headed by Fraser Grimstead, is caught while robbing the home of wealthy David Parrish.
Her Grandchild Trailer (1912)
19 August 1912
Mrs. Grant, a widow, has one son, Donald. He is not really a bad fellow, but is full of devilment and always getting himself into mischief.
The Sea Hawk Trailer (1940)
10 August 1940
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
The Glass Key Trailer (1942)
08 September 1942
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Aunty's Romance Trailer (1912)
12 May 1912
Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an inheritance.
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.
The Picture Idol Trailer (1912)
31 May 1912
A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere.
Bobby's Father Trailer (1912)
23 September 1912
Dick Ramsay is a "cracksman" and burglar. His wife, Jane, is a good woman and tries to persuade her husband to give up his dishonest ways.
The Merchant of Venice Trailer (1908)
22 December 1908
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia.
Antony and Cleopatra Trailer (1908)
03 November 1908
A short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to dramatize the ill-fated romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
Practically Yours Trailer (1944)
20 December 1944
In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy.
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman Trailer (1911)
16 June 1911
An unfortunate twist of fate provides the opportunity for a reporter to demonstrate the depth of his love for a beautiful actress.
The Moonstone of Fez Trailer (1914)
07 July 1914
While touring Algiers, Mrs. Osborne and her daughter, Winnifred, make the acquaintance of Schuyler Van Norden, a young American banker.
Some Steamer Scooping Trailer (1914)
12 February 1914
The Baron Lafitte is in love with and proposes to Adelaide Burton, daughter of Andrew Burton, a wealthy manufacturer.
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered Trailer (1911)
26 July 1911
Rose Leigh is a young schoolteacher. She sees a paragraph in the paper, saying that in a certain small village they have had in six months, three teachers (men), and all have left because the boys are so unruly and impossible.
Lady from Louisiana Trailer (1941)
22 April 1941
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery.
