John Butler Movies

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

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of 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...

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

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

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

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.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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