John Butler Movies

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

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...

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.

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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 singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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.

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

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