John Butler Movies

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

One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being subjected to hypnosis.

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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.

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

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...

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

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

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can...

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...

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

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

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

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...

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

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.

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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