James P. Burtis

Most Popular James P. Burtis Trailers

Total trailers found: 64

Wells Fargo Trailer (1937)

31 December 1937

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City.

Twentieth Century Trailer (1934)

11 May 1934

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

Mister Dynamite Trailer (1935)

22 April 1935

A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.

Roar of the Dragon Trailer (1932)

08 July 1932

A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area.

The Accusing Finger Trailer (1936)

17 November 1936

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die.

Grief Street Trailer (1931)

01 October 1931

A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.

Murder in the Fleet Trailer (1935)

24 May 1935

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender.

Sitting Pretty Trailer (1933)

23 November 1933

Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.

The Merry Frinks Trailer (1934)

26 May 1934

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.

Satan Met a Lady Trailer (1936)

22 July 1936

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

Sinister Hands Trailer (1932)

21 February 1932

During a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing the man.

Here Comes the Groom Trailer (1934)

21 June 1934

Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety.

Caravan Trailer (1934)

30 December 1934

A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.

One Sunday Afternoon Trailer (1933)

01 September 1933

Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.

Slave Ship Trailer (1937)

16 June 1937

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

Woman Wanted Trailer (1935)

02 August 1935

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car.

Ghost Patrol Trailer (1936)

02 August 1936

A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is forcing him to use it on those carrying money.

Sweepstakes Trailer (1931)

10 July 1931

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

Mary Jane's Pa Trailer (1935)

27 April 1935

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road.

Five Star Final Trailer (1931)

26 September 1931

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.

The Racing Strain Trailer (1932)

16 December 1932

A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl.

The Winning Ticket Trailer (1935)

08 February 1935

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

Here Comes the Navy Trailer (1934)

21 July 1934

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

Men with Wings Trailer (1938)

16 July 1938

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight.

The Tip-Off Trailer (1931)

16 October 1931

A young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he repairs their radio.

Gentlemen Are Born Trailer (1934)

17 November 1934

A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market.

The Hurricane Express Trailer (1932)

01 August 1932

The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker we

Rendezvous Trailer (1935)

25 October 1935

A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.

Murder at Glen Athol Trailer (1936)

27 February 1936

A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over e

Dancing Feet Trailer (1936)

20 January 1936

Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P.

Public Wedding Trailer (1937)

09 July 1937

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale.

Strangers of the Evening Trailer (1932)

14 May 1932

Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.

Hips, Hips, Hooray! Trailer (1934)

02 February 1934

Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.

The Undie-World Trailer (1934)

03 April 1934

A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.

She Loved a Fireman Trailer (1937)

18 December 1937

A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.

Confidential Trailer (1935)

16 October 1935

A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.

General Spanky Trailer (1936)

11 December 1936

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat.

Show Business Trailer (1932)

20 August 1932

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

The Case of the Howling Dog Trailer (1934)

22 September 1934

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog.

Charlie Chan's Courage Trailer (1934)

06 July 1934

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.

Suicide Fleet Trailer (1931)

20 November 1931

Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway.

Opened by Mistake Trailer (1934)

05 October 1934

Patsy tries to stay with Thelma at the hospital where she works, but Thelma is forced to pretend that Patsy is a patient.

Stormy Trailer (1935)

21 October 1935

A young man looks for a thoroughbred horse that was got lost during a train wreck.

The Mystery Man Trailer (1935)

12 February 1935

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St.

How to Behave Trailer (1936)

25 April 1936

Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert Benchley always has the best advice about any social situation.

The Daring Young Man Trailer (1935)

17 July 1935

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke).

Craig's Wife Trailer (1936)

25 September 1936

Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.

That Man's Here Again Trailer (1937)

16 April 1937

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm.

She Couldn't Take It Trailer (1935)

08 October 1935

The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke.

The Jazz Cinderella Trailer (1930)

01 September 1930

Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most dismayed when she learns that Herbert has fallen in love with Pat Murray, a model in Darrow's dress shop.

Bulldog Drummond's Peril Trailer (1938)

18 March 1938

Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.

The Lady from Nowhere Trailer (1931)

01 August 1931

A young couple pose as criminals in order to get the goods on their crooked bosses.

The Bargain of the Century Trailer (1933)

08 April 1933

Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-hired or be stuck with him as an unwanted roommate.

Benny, from Panama Trailer (1934)

26 May 1934

Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the guests show up at their apartment, disrupting the building.

The Finger Points Trailer (1931)

11 April 1931

Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery Trailer (1935)

20 October 1935

A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves.

Show Boat Trailer (1936)

17 May 1936

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

The Lawless Woman Trailer (1931)

05 May 1931

Dancer June Page is charged with the murder of gangster "Honest Ed" Baker. Allan Perry, an ambitious journalist at the dawn of his career, seeks at all costs to cover the case to obtain exclusivity and impress his hierarchy.

Let Us Live Trailer (1939)

29 March 1939

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in.

The Crowd Roars Trailer (1932)

16 April 1932

Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion.