John Butler Movies

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

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

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

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

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...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.