John Butler Movies

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of...

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...

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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...

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

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

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

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates...

An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter...

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

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

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

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

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

During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive...

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just...

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...

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