Archie Mayo

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​   Archie Mayo (29 January 1891, New York City – 4 December 1968, Guadalajara, Mexico) was a movie director and stage actor who moved to Hollywood in 1915 and began working as a director in 1917. His films include Is Everybody Happy? (1929) with Ted Lewis, Night After Night (1932) with Mae West, The Doorway to Hell (1930) with James Cagney and Lew Ayres, Convention City (1933) with Joan Blondell, The Mayor of Hell (1933) with James Cagney, The Petrified Forest (1936) with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) with Gary Cooper. Mayo retired in 1946, shortly after completing A Night in Casablanca with the Marx Brothers and Angel on My Shoulder with Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, and Claude Rains. Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Most Popular Archie Mayo Trailers

Total trailers found: 67

They Shall Have Music Trailer (1939)

18 August 1939

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

It's Love I'm After Trailer (1937)

08 October 1937

An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

Street of Women Trailer (1932)

04 June 1932

An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect's daughter.

Desirable Trailer (1934)

08 September 1934

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Two Against the World Trailer (1932)

03 September 1932

A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.

The Doorway to Hell Trailer (1930)

18 October 1930

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll.

Illicit Trailer (1931)

14 February 1931

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.

Orchestra Wives Trailer (1942)

04 September 1942

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot.

The Great American Broadcast Trailer (1941)

09 May 1941

After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom.

The Adventures of Marco Polo Trailer (1938)

07 April 1938

The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.

Bordertown Trailer (1935)

23 January 1935

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.

Sweet and Low-Down Trailer (1944)

21 September 1944

After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet.

The Life of Jimmy Dolan Trailer (1933)

03 June 1933

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes.

Night After Night Trailer (1932)

29 October 1932

A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.

Bought! Trailer (1931)

22 August 1931

Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance to break into high society.

Beware of Married Men Trailer (1928)

14 January 1928

A press sheet printed in Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World in 1928 put forth the suggestion that “people in the need of a good hearty laugh should take this opportunity of getting it” by seeing a newly released comedy by Warner Bros.

Go Into Your Dance Trailer (1935)

20 April 1935

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

Charley's Aunt Trailer (1941)

01 August 1941

In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

Wide Open Trailer (1930)

01 February 1930

An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

Under Eighteen Trailer (1932)

02 January 1932

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take.

Black Legion Trailer (1937)

30 January 1937

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Four Sons Trailer (1940)

14 June 1940

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

Youth Takes a Fling Trailer (1938)

22 September 1938

McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.

I Married a Doctor Trailer (1936)

25 April 1936

City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.

Give Me Your Heart Trailer (1936)

17 September 1936

An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.

The Petrified Forest Trailer (1936)

08 February 1936

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport.

The Beast of Budapest Trailer (1958)

23 February 1958

Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the liberal son of a prominent professor.

The Expert Trailer (1932)

05 March 1932

An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.

Angel on My Shoulder Trailer (1946)

20 September 1946

The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.

A Night in Casablanca Trailer (1946)

10 May 1946

The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Sonny Boy Trailer (1929)

18 April 1929

Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into kidnapping him because she is terrified that her husband will take the boy out of the country after the divorce.

Call It a Day Trailer (1937)

17 April 1937

The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.

Oh, Sailor, Behave! Trailer (1930)

15 August 1930

Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality.

The Crimson City Trailer (1928)

07 April 1928

Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.

The Sap Trailer (1929)

09 November 1929

A small town dimwit takes the blame for his brother-in-law's crime.

State Street Sadie Trailer (1928)

25 August 1928

Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank robbery.

Convention City Trailer (1933)

14 December 1933

Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.

The Mayor of Hell Trailer (1933)

24 June 1933

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles.

The Case of the Lucky Legs Trailer (1935)

05 October 1935

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

Crash Dive Trailer (1943)

22 April 1943

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping.

Gambling Lady Trailer (1934)

08 March 1934

A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?

Reno or Bust Trailer (1924)

22 March 1924

Bobby Vernon has just been married to Lila Lee, but her parents object and kidnap her to Reno, where, if not rescued, they will be divorced.

Courage Trailer (1930)

22 May 1930

Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage.

A Rarin’ Romeo Trailer (1925)

29 March 1925

A 1925 comedy featuring Walter Hiers and Jack Duffy. A theater company does a unique presentation of the Shakespeare classic after consuming gasoline in their drinks.

Spring Fever Trailer (1923)

30 December 1923

Retribution Trailer (1928)

16 June 1928

Henry B. Walthall made his talkie debut in this 10-minute short from Vitaphone. In the film he plays a once rich man who has found himself in the dumps due to drug abuse and other issues.

Away We Go Trailer (1924)

01 January 1924

Bobby Vernon was a talented comic actor during the silent era, who became a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.

Slightly Used Trailer (1927)

03 September 1927

Cynthia Martin’s father insists she marry before her two younger sisters Helen and Grace. So, she invents a husband for herself called Major Smith.

My Man Trailer (1928)

15 December 1928

Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, a young fellow who earns a precarious living demonstrating an elastic exerciser in a drugstore window.

On Trial Trailer (1928)

01 December 1928

A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him.

Confirm or Deny Trailer (1941)

12 December 1941

Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.

The Speeder Trailer (1922)

24 September 1922

The Speeder is a 1922 comedy short

Vengeance Trailer (1930)

22 February 1930

John Meadham, in charge of a West Africa trading post, wire the home office in London that he is tired and worn out, and they need to send a replacement to take over.

The College Widow Trailer (1927)

15 October 1927

Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes can be induced to come to Atwater, he will be asked to resign.

Moontide Trailer (1942)

29 May 1942

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

Ever in My Heart Trailer (1933)

28 October 1933

World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut Trailer (1927)

15 January 1927

An orphan is adopted by a kindly old racehorse owner. He decides to pay back his benefactor by training to ride the horse so he can win an important race.

Weak, But Willing Trailer (1926)

03 January 1926

A devilish courtship.

Svengali Trailer (1931)

20 May 1931

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

The Man with Two Faces Trailer (1934)

04 August 1934

Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around.