John Butler Movies

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

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.

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

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

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted...

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

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.

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

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...

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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