George Lessey

Most Popular George Lessey Trailers

Total trailers found: 76

The Pride of the Yankees Trailer (1942)

14 July 1942

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Boom Town Trailer (1940)

30 August 1940

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.

One Third of a Nation Trailer (1939)

10 February 1939

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.

The Golden Fleecing Trailer (1940)

16 August 1940

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

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.

Buffalo Bill Trailer (1944)

02 April 1944

Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator's daughter (Maureen O'Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

Mission to Moscow Trailer (1943)

29 April 1943

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Dixie Dugan Trailer (1943)

12 March 1943

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War.

Hollywood: Style Center of the World Trailer (1940)

29 May 1940

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America.

Blossoms in the Dust Trailer (1941)

15 August 1941

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young.

Blonde Inspiration Trailer (1941)

07 February 1941

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

Go West Trailer (1940)

06 December 1940

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money.

Sky Murder Trailer (1940)

27 September 1940

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway).

Forbidden Passage Trailer (1941)

08 February 1941

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country.

Laugh Your Blues Away Trailer (1942)

12 November 1942

Hired actors posing as Russian royalty complicate a social-climbing mother's efforts to fix up her son with the daughter of a wealthy Texas rancher.

Bride by Mistake Trailer (1944)

26 July 1944

The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men.

None Shall Escape Trailer (1944)

03 February 1944

Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.

A Divorce of Convenience Trailer (1921)

01 January 1921

Spanish coquette Tula Moliana finds herself encumbered with two husbands, and to get a divorce from the first, Senator Wakefield, she engages Jim Blake, the fiancé of Helen, the senator's daughter, to be her correspondent.

Birthright Trailer (1938)

01 January 1938

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

Rings on Her Fingers Trailer (1942)

20 March 1942

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have.

The Insurance Swindlers Trailer (1916)

05 February 1916

The insurance companies, organized in one mighty trust, have been using the policy holders' money to speculate with.

We Go Fast Trailer (1941)

19 September 1941

A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore.

Soak the Old Trailer (1940)

24 August 1940

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.

Gallant Sons Trailer (1940)

15 November 1940

When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.

Now, Voyager Trailer (1942)

22 October 1942

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

John Manley's Awakening Trailer (1913)

01 January 1913

John Manley one day learns to his great sorrow that Caroline Hastings, whom he was going to ask to be his wife, is already betrothed to another.

Sweetheart of the Campus Trailer (1941)

26 June 1941

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.

Old King Coal Trailer (1916)

29 January 1916

Stone assures Weisner, head of the Coal Trust, that Larnigan will never start for Pennsylvania. Weisner is skeptical and informs Stone that if he does go he may be killed, as a strike is in progress.

Hope - A Red Cross Seal Story Trailer (1912)

16 November 1912

An elderly bank clerk declines to donate money to a tuberculosis fund, but soon his daughter comes down with the disease.

Moon Over Miami Trailer (1941)

04 July 1941

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands.

Sporting Blood Trailer (1940)

11 July 1940

Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda.

Romeo and Juliet Trailer (1911)

01 September 1911

Thanhouser's version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

How to Eat Trailer (1939)

10 June 1939

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his stock everyman and slightly bumbling character Joe Doakes to dramatize such situations.

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case Trailer (1940)

12 April 1940

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

Patria Trailer (1917)

14 January 1917

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border.

Adventure in Washington Trailer (1941)

29 May 1941

A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout Trailer (1944)

13 January 1944

Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves to cause them no end of trouble.

The Passer-by Trailer (1912)

21 June 1912

A random passer-by is invited to a bachelor party of rich men where he tells a tale of loss to those present.

The High Cost of Living Trailer (1912)

04 June 1912

Forbidden from marrying the man she loves by her wealthy businessman father because he is too poor Mildred Lord determines to find a solution.

The Twelfth Juror Trailer (1913)

19 April 1913

A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence.

Roxie Hart Trailer (1942)

20 February 1942

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

White Thunder Trailer (1925)

23 May 1925

The son of a sheriff is caught in the eternal battle between sheepmen and cattle ranchers.

The Suburban Trailer (1915)

17 September 1915

Robert Gordon wants Donald, his son, to marry Sir Ralph Fisher's sister, but Donald loves Alice, a working-class girl, and weds her in secret.

Pistol Packin' Mama Trailer (1943)

15 December 1943

Two tuneful gamblers gambol across the country in a struggle for the money they need to run their respective casinos.

The Big Boss Trailer (1941)

28 April 1941

Why did the Governor want to resign?

The Marble Heart Trailer (1915)

02 July 1915

A modern artist named Raphael dreams that he is the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias, who has been commissioned by the wealthy Georgias to carve a number of statues.

It Is the Law Trailer (1924)

31 August 1924

This silent mystery is considered a lost film.

The Doctor's Duty Trailer (1913)

11 November 1913

A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.

The Miss They Missed Trailer (1938)

29 January 1938

Professor Pierre is assigned to find a missing heiress whose fortune will go to a worthless relative if she isn't found.

At Bear Track Gulch Trailer (1913)

14 January 1913

This western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements found in David Belasco's influential play, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, produced a decade earlier.

The Ambassador's Daughter Trailer (1913)

21 January 1913

The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.

Durand of the Bad Lands Trailer (1925)

01 November 1925

A remake of a 1917 Dustin Farnum Western, Durand of the Bad Lands is the story a rancher falsely accused of a crime actually committed by Sheriff Clem Allison and his henchman Pete Garson.

The Silent Command Trailer (1923)

18 August 1923

A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his seductress accomplice bent on destroying the Panama Canal.

A Soldier's Duty Trailer (1912)

18 October 1912

Lieutenant John Miller, U.S.A., receives a note from his southern sweetheart chiding him for not getting through the enemy's lines to visit her.

The Portrait Trailer (1913)

18 March 1913

Not "as in a looking glass" but "as in his own portrait" in a dream does Paul Le Grand, the famous artist, see the lines of dissipation come, one by one, after each successive debauch.

The Eagle's Eye Trailer (1918)

27 March 1918

A criminologist and a government agent team up to expose a ring of German spies.

The Power of the People Trailer (1916)

01 January 1916

Bruce Larnigan finds himself so bitterly opposed by the administration that he resigns his office as District Attorney.

Strike Up the Band Trailer (1940)

27 September 1940

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.

At the Masquerade Ball Trailer (1912)

21 October 1912

A short comedy about the romance between Margaret and John. At a masked ball at the home of John's mother, Margaret is suspected of stealing jewellery.

The Harbor Transportation Trust Trailer (1916)

12 February 1916

Bruce Larnigan, in connection with Jack Stevens, is editing the "Independent," the newspaper which Ben Travers had bought to assist the fight against the trusts.