W.S. Van Dyke Trailers
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Woodbridge Strong "W. S." Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.
Most Popular W.S. Van Dyke Trailers
Total trailers found: 83
17 November 1939
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
04 October 1935
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
04 May 1934
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
06 January 1939
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
26 August 1938
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries.
26 April 1929
Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life.
04 February 1942
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
04 September 1916
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
01 September 1918
Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband.
26 June 1936
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
16 May 1931
Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news reporter friend.
19 March 1937
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.
25 December 1936
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
02 April 1932
James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich.
08 February 1915
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine.
08 November 1940
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
22 August 1931
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
04 June 1932
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.
19 May 1939
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed.
07 March 1941
A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.
11 November 1928
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
31 January 1936
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
28 June 1940
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
21 July 1939
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher.
07 May 1927
"The war with Mexico serves to bring together American officer and Mexican senorita, the former all ardent and the latter defiant because of the fact that their countries are at war.
05 February 1938
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.
07 August 1936
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no good and forces Cliff to fulfill his agreement to do research in Africa in exchange for paying gambling debt.
17 December 1942
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII.
01 October 1941
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject.
23 December 1934
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
29 March 1935
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
20 November 1936
A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.
25 May 1934
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
07 June 1925
Oscar has been sent to the plains to make a man of himself, is soon visited by his sister Sybil Estabrook, who travels west along with her maid in tow.
18 November 1931
A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
24 August 1934
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record.
02 February 1940
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
24 March 1928
A German Shepherd Dog and the people he loves are entangled in World War One.
21 November 1941
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
09 July 1942
A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.
10 November 1933
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
03 September 1927
Capt. Robert Kelly holds off the foreign mob single-handed and makes good his escape during the Boxer rebellion.
13 December 1919
Through a forged will, a crook assumes control of a valuable estate. He poses as the brother of a dead man, and endeavors to dispose of the deceased man's two daughters, one of whom is in love with the forger's son.
10 December 1916
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
07 May 1937
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
13 April 1934
A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.
26 July 1925
A college graduate returns West after ten years in the East to her home in Sulfur Springs. Virginia's mother, the owner of a rooming house has turned hard and uncaring in her absence and the girl finds comfort in her friendship with Ross Cavanagh, a forest ranger.
06 May 1922
"'Boxcar' Simmons, a tramp, represents himself as a mining millionaire in a small town. The population accepts him at his own valuation, and two of the town's 'slickers' make desperate efforts to 'take him for his roll.
27 June 1926
The story is motivated by a long-standing feud, which comes to a head when each of the warring families tries to adopt an orphan girl who is about to receive a huge inheritance.
01 August 1924
William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
14 November 1933
The happy life of an Eskimo is disastrously changed when he mingles with an unscrupulous white trader.
12 October 1924
Perry Blair starts off as a sparring partner for a fighter, but when he knocks the guy down, manager Charles Dunham immediately sees his potential.
30 December 1938
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
30 November 1924
A man tries to woo a woman, rescue an orphanage, and bet on the right horse.
23 June 1917
Robert Strickland, the self-confessed murderer of Gerald Trask, refuses to defend himself on the witness stand.
03 September 1937
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation.
17 August 1942
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.
18 September 1936
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
10 December 1927
A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.
01 October 1924
To help secret serviceman Bill Parsons in pursuit of the thieving Benson gang wealthy criminologist Henry Avery sends his assistant Blinky to cover the waterfront while he attends a reception at the home of Mrs.
