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David Butler
Director 1894 - 1979

David Butler

San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. Butler was born in San Francisco, California. His mother was an actress and his father was a... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

19 titles
Jump Into Hell

Jump Into Hell

David Butler 1955 1h 33m

Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one of the first films to deal with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam or, as it was still known in 1955, French IndoChina.

The Command

The Command

David Butler 1954 1h 34m

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders

David Butler 1954 1h 54m 4.0

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.

Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

David Butler 1953 1h 41m 6.5

Doris Day and Howard Keel fuss, feud and fall in love as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. At first curvaceous Calamity is too durned busy fighting Indians and cracking a bullwhip to pay mind to such girlie what-alls as dresses and perfume. She soon changes her mind when Katie Brown arrives in town.

April in Paris

April in Paris

David Butler 1952 1h 40m 5.0

A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.

Lullaby of Broadway

Lullaby of Broadway

David Butler 1951 1h 32m 6.0

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful Broadway star with a mansion in Manhattan. She doesn't know that her mother is actually a burnt-out cabaret singer with a love for whiskey.

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

David Butler 1949 1h 46m

Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

David Butler 1949 1h 25m

A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.

My Wild Irish Rose

My Wild Irish Rose

David Butler 1947 1h 41m

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

The Time, the Place and the Girl

The Time, the Place and the Girl

David Butler 1946 1h 45m

Two song-and-dance men struggle to produce a Broadway show. Director David Butler's 1946 musical stars Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Martha Vickers, Janis Paige, S. Z. Sakall, Angela Greene, Florence Bates, Donald Woods, Alan Hale and Mimi Aguglia.

San Antonio

San Antonio

David Butler 1945 1h 49m

Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is indeed in the Texan town, intent on winning the affections of a beautiful chanteuse named Jeanne Starr.

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco

David Butler 1942 1h 22m 6.0

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Caught in the Draft

Caught in the Draft

David Butler 1941 1h 22m

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick.

You'll Find Out

You'll Find Out

David Butler 1940 1h 37m

The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

Pigskin Parade

Pigskin Parade

David Butler 1936 1h 33m 5.0

Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.

Captain January

Captain January

David Butler 1936 1h 17m 6.0

Shirley lives with a lighthouse keeper (Kibbee) who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer (Haden) decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives. Buddy Ebsen dances "At The Codfish Ball" with Shirley.

The Littlest Rebel

The Littlest Rebel

David Butler 1935 1h 10m 6.0

Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.

The Little Colonel

The Little Colonel

David Butler 1935 1h 20m 6.0

In the post-Civil war south, a darling little girl attempts to restore the peace between her parents and her plantation owner grandfather.

Just Imagine

Just Imagine

David Butler 1930 1h 53m 5.0

New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O".

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