John Butler Movies

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is...

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of...

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the...

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.

Arizona Territory is in the grip of outlaw terror and killer outlaws, secretly organized by Hulon Champion, who covers his power ambitions with the...

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.

A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his...