John Butler Movies

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

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

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when...

A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

A man violates company policy by getting married.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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...

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

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....

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

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