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...

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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...

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

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

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...

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