Leon Ames

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​   Leon Ames (January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing fatherly figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), as Judy Garland's father, and in Little Women (1949).

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Total trailers found: 121

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Trailer (1970)

17 June 1970

Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Trailer (1944)

15 November 1944

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Only Yesterday Trailer (1933)

01 November 1933

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk.

Suez Trailer (1938)

28 October 1938

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Son of Lassie Trailer (1945)

20 April 1945

Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?

Son of Flubber Trailer (1963)

16 January 1963

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber.

Let's Do It Again Trailer (1953)

16 June 1953

Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore).

Crime Doctor Trailer (1943)

22 June 1943

Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.

From the Terrace Trailer (1960)

15 July 1960

Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles.

Cattle Drive Trailer (1951)

01 August 1951

The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere.

Now I'll Tell Trailer (1934)

07 June 1934

A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.

Undercover Maisie Trailer (1947)

01 March 1947

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.

Secrets of a Nurse Trailer (1938)

02 December 1938

This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true incident, in which a gangster "returned from the dead" to save an innocent young man from the electric chair.

Fall Guy Trailer (1945)

14 April 1945

Part of the Crime Does Not Pay short series.

Charlie Chan on Broadway Trailer (1937)

22 September 1937

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.

Merton of the Movies Trailer (1947)

11 October 1947

In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract.

The Iron Major Trailer (1943)

31 October 1943

William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he became a hero.

Parachute Jumper Trailer (1933)

28 January 1933

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Sherlock Holmes in New York Trailer (1976)

18 October 1976

An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.

Ambush Trailer (1950)

13 January 1950

A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

Murder in Greenwich Village Trailer (1937)

03 November 1937

A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer.

On Moonlight Bay Trailer (1951)

26 July 1951

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street.

Peyton Place Trailer (1957)

13 December 1957

In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual.

The Big Hangover Trailer (1950)

26 May 1950

A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

Strangers All Trailer (1935)

01 April 1935

Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.

Island in the Sky Trailer (1938)

01 April 1938

A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.

The Happy Years Trailer (1950)

07 July 1950

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student.

Meet Me in St. Louis Trailer (1944)

28 November 1944

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St.

On an Island with You Trailer (1948)

03 May 1948

A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds.

Mr. Moto in Danger Island Trailer (1939)

07 April 1939

In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr.

The Famous Ferguson Case Trailer (1932)

19 April 1932

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed.

Uptown New York Trailer (1932)

27 November 1932

Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames).

The Absent-Minded Professor Trailer (1961)

16 March 1961

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface.

Thunder Afloat Trailer (1939)

15 September 1939

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

Tora! Tora! Tora! Trailer (1970)

26 January 1970

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end.

Little Women Trailer (1949)

10 March 1949

Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s.

Mutiny Ahead Trailer (1935)

01 March 1935

A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones Trailer (1964)

25 March 1964

Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine.

Reckless Trailer (1935)

19 April 1935

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

Forgotten Trailer (1933)

14 February 1933

Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is unwelcome at all because his daughter-in-laws' object to his smelly pipe smoking.

Get That Man Trailer (1935)

10 July 1935

Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.

Between Two Women Trailer (1945)

28 March 1945

A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.

Just You and Me, Kid Trailer (1979)

13 July 1979

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

The Great Morgan Trailer (1945)

01 January 1945

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon Trailer (1953)

26 March 1953

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.

Dangerously Yours Trailer (1937)

21 September 1937

A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem.

Code of the Streets Trailer (1939)

13 April 1939

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap. The son of disgraced police officer Lt.

Rescue Squad Trailer (1935)

15 May 1935

An independently wealthy collector of objets d'art tries to influence an artist's model away from marrying a notorious scoundrel and to help an Asian importer raise money for a son's surgery by buying a sacred statuette of Buddha, the sale of which the importer believes will curse him; therefore, the importer secretly plans to poison the collector after receiving the cash and keep the statuette in his possession.

That's Entertainment! Trailer (1974)

21 June 1974

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Yolanda and the Thief Trailer (1945)

22 November 1945

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs.

Dial 1119 Trailer (1950)

03 November 1950

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

The Best Place to Be Trailer (1979)

27 May 1979

A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.

Crisis Trailer (1950)

07 July 1950

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring Trailer (1941)

18 November 1941

The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by strangulation.

The Marshal Of Mesa City Trailer (1939)

03 November 1939

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

Alimony Madness Trailer (1933)

31 March 1933

A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife.

Peggy Sue Got Married Trailer (1986)

10 October 1986

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

A Successful Calamity Trailer (1932)

17 September 1932

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie.

It's a Big Country Trailer (1951)

20 November 1951

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.