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George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than eight decades.

Most Popular George Abbott Trailers

Total trailers found: 36

Why Bring That Up? Trailer (1929)

03 October 1929

George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager.

The Boys from Syracuse Trailer (1940)

30 July 1940

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio.

Three Men on a Horse Trailer (1936)

21 November 1936

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

Damn Yankees Trailer (1958)

26 September 1958

Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.

Pal Joey Trailer (1957)

25 October 1957

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Coquette Trailer (1929)

30 March 1929

A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.

Damn Yankees Trailer (1967)

08 April 1967

Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant.

Manslaughter Trailer (1930)

22 July 1930

A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.

Where's Charley? Trailer (1952)

20 May 1952

Musical version of the comedy, "Charley's Aunt," by Brandon Thomas. As part of a simple enough ruse, a Cambridge student poses as his aunt but his scheme goes wrong, first when someone falls for the aunt, and then when the real aunt turns up.

All Quiet on the Western Front Trailer (1930)

29 April 1930

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

My Sin Trailer (1931)

26 September 1931

A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where she becomes a successful business woman and meets wealthy businessman, Harry Davenport.

Those We Love Trailer (1932)

11 September 1932

Director Robert Florey's 1932 melodrama about a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity stars Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Tommy Conlon, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton, Cecil Cunningham and Virginia Sale.

Heat Lightning Trailer (1934)

01 March 1934

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Lilly Turner Trailer (1933)

13 May 1933

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.

The Fall Guy Trailer (1930)

15 June 1930

Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre, unemployed, wise-cracking brother and various neighbors while keeping house in their Brooklyn tenement.

Highway West Trailer (1941)

07 August 1941

A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.

On Your Toes Trailer (1939)

14 October 1939

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

Stolen Heaven Trailer (1931)

20 February 1931

A hooker gets followed home by a man she thinks is drunk, but it turns out he's been wounded in a robbery of a radio factory where he used to work.

Night Parade Trailer (1929)

27 October 1929

Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a dishonest but beautiful woman uses every trick to ensnare him.

Mary Lou Trailer (1948)

23 January 1948

Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm.

Straight Is the Way Trailer (1934)

10 August 1934

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.

Half Way to Heaven Trailer (1929)

14 December 1929

Odd little circus film about trapeze artists and obsessive love.

Four Walls Trailer (1928)

11 August 1928

After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny Horowitz decides to go straight.

The Pajama Game Trailer (1957)

29 August 1957

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.

The Bishop's Candlesticks Trailer (1929)

29 March 1929

Very early sound version of a one-act play based on the "Bishop" sequence in Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables".

The Saturday Night Kid Trailer (1929)

25 October 1929

Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her.

Beat the Band Trailer (1947)

19 February 1947

Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.

The Cheat Trailer (1931)

28 November 1931

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing.

The Sea God Trailer (1930)

13 September 1930

The Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South Pacific.

Hills of Peril Trailer (1927)

01 May 1927

Sheriff is aided by Laramie who pretends to be an outlaw to infiltrate a gang of bootleggers. Laramie is attracted to Ellen, who is trying to activate an old mine.

Broadway Trailer (1942)

08 May 1942

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

Shadows of the Circus Trailer (1931)

22 April 1931

Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "flyer," incurs his enmity as Greta seems to favor him; thus Nick fails to catch Tony, and Tony is killed.

Too Many Girls Trailer (1940)

08 October 1940

Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards.

Broadway Trailer (1929)

27 May 1929

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Secrets of a Secretary Trailer (1931)

05 September 1931

Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.

The Impostor Trailer (1918)

14 January 1918