William Demarest Movie Trailers

Salty O'Rourke Trailer (1945)

22 March 1945

A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.

Comin' Round the Mountain Trailer (1940)

16 August 1940

A Tennessee boy (Bob Burns) returns from the big city, runs for mayor and puts his musical kin on the radio.

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith.

The Sainted Sisters Trailer (1948)

30 April 1948

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian border.

Duffy's Tavern Trailer (1945)

28 September 1945

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

Jupiter's Darling Trailer (1955)

18 February 1955

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancée, Amytis, is curious about the fearless conqueror.

The Blazing Forest Trailer (1952)

01 December 1952

Estranged brothers (John Payne, Richard Arlen) find themselves on the same lumberjack crew hired by a feisty widow to clear the timber from her Nevada property.

Bright Lights Trailer (1935)

27 July 1935

Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

The Strip Trailer (1951)

31 August 1951

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.

Simple Sis Trailer (1927)

01 June 1927

Simple Sis is a 1927 American silent comedy-melodrama directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Louise Fazenda as a poor, plain laundress hoping for romance, supported by Clyde Cook as a shy suitor and Myrna Loy as a cruel beauty.

The Far Horizons Trailer (1955)

04 July 1955

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.

Riding High Trailer (1950)

12 April 1950

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Wedding Present Trailer (1936)

09 October 1936

Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well.

The Black Diamond Express Trailer (1927)

04 June 1927

Dan Foster, the engineer of the Black Diamond Express express train falls in love with Jeanne Harmon, whose snobbish, high society mother, Mrs.

Pepe Trailer (1960)

21 December 1960

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss.

A Girl in Every Port Trailer (1928)

26 February 1928

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come between them?

The Great Ziegfeld Trailer (1936)

08 April 1936

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend.

The Murder Man Trailer (1935)

12 July 1935

Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Trailer (1973)

10 October 1973

A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.

On Our Merry Way Trailer (1948)

03 February 1948

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question.

The Great McGinty Trailer (1940)

01 August 1940

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud.

The Wild McCullochs Trailer (1975)

21 May 1975

A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.

The Palm Beach Story Trailer (1942)

28 August 1942

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J.

The Perils of Pauline Trailer (1947)

04 July 1947

Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play.

Television: The First Fifty Years Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.

Miracles for Sale Trailer (1939)

10 August 1939

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Laugh It Off Trailer (1939)

01 December 1939

Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.

Sharp Shooters Trailer (1928)

15 January 1928

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail.

That Darn Cat! Trailer (1965)

02 December 1965

A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Trailer (1976)

26 July 1976

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

When Willie Comes Marching Home Trailer (1950)

17 February 1950

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action.

The Great Moment Trailer (1944)

18 July 1944

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

Charlie Chan at the Opera Trailer (1936)

04 December 1936

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

Pay as You Enter Trailer (1928)

12 May 1928

Trolley car conductor Clyde Jones and bus conductor "Terrible Bill" Jones are arch rivals for the hand of coffee-shop owner Mary Smith.

Hands Across the Table Trailer (1935)

18 October 1935

A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

Rookies on Parade Trailer (1941)

16 April 1941

The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy) as they try to survive Army boot camp.

Oh, Doctor Trailer (1937)

31 March 1937

A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.

What Price Glory Trailer (1952)

22 August 1952

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant.

The Casino Murder Case Trailer (1935)

15 March 1935

After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.

Diamond Jim Trailer (1935)

01 September 1935

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

The Gracie Allen Murder Case Trailer (1939)

02 June 1939

Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict.

Night Has a Thousand Eyes Trailer (1948)

20 August 1948

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton.

Along Came Jones Trailer (1945)

19 July 1945

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it would be best to leave town, until he meets the gunman's girlfriend.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Trailer (1944)

18 September 1944

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

The Private War of Major Benson Trailer (1955)

02 August 1955

A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection.

Big City Trailer (1937)

03 September 1937

Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.

Hail the Conquering Hero Trailer (1944)

09 August 1944

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure.

Many Happy Returns Trailer (1934)

08 June 1934

Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual Gracie Allen logic---while distracted Papa is trying to get younger daughter, beauty contest winner Florence, married before she can head to Hollywood and get into the movies.

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line Trailer (1997)

12 May 1997

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl.

Never a Dull Moment Trailer (1950)

19 August 1950

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo and they get married, and leave for his ranch in the west.

Sincerely Yours Trailer (1955)

05 November 1955

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only starring film, Sincerely Yours.