Charles Butterworth

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Love Me Tonight (1932)

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Charles Butterworth

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Charles Butterworth

Magnificent Obsession (1935)

InspiringComplexDramaticEmotional

A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John M. Stahl
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Robert Taylor  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Betty Furness

A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John M. Stahl
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Robert Taylor  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Betty Furness

The Life of the Party (1930)

Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Winnie Lightner  •  Irene Delroy  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Jack Whiting

Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Winnie Lightner  •  Irene Delroy  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Jack Whiting

This Is the Army (1943)

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  George Murphy  •  Joan Leslie  •  George Tobias  •  Alan Hale

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  George Murphy  •  Joan Leslie  •  George Tobias  •  Alan Hale

Second Chorus (1941)

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Artie Shaw  •  Charles Butterworth

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. C. Potter
CAST:  Fred Astaire  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Artie Shaw  •  Charles Butterworth

The Nuisance (1933)

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Madge Evans  •  Frank Morgan  •  Charles Butterworth

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Madge Evans  •  Frank Morgan  •  Charles Butterworth

Student Tour (1934)

A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Jimmy Durante  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Phil Regan  •  Maxine Doyle

A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Reisner
CAST:  Jimmy Durante  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Phil Regan  •  Maxine Doyle

Baby Face Harrington (1935)

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Charles Butterworth  •  Una Merkel  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Harvey Stephens

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Charles Butterworth  •  Una Merkel  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Harvey Stephens

The Night Is Young (1935)

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dudley Murphy
CAST:  Ramon Novarro  •  Evelyn Laye  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Una Merkel

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dudley Murphy
CAST:  Ramon Novarro  •  Evelyn Laye  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Una Merkel

Blonde Inspiration (1941)

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  John Shelton  •  Virginia Grey  •  Albert Dekker  •  Charles Butterworth

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  John Shelton  •  Virginia Grey  •  Albert Dekker  •  Charles Butterworth

Orchids to You (1935)

An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  John Boles  •  Jean Muir  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Ruthelma Stevens

An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  John Boles  •  Jean Muir  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Ruthelma Stevens

Give Out, Sisters (1942)

The Andrews Sisters headline this musical. They play the lead act at a popular nightclub. The trouble begins when they hire a few students from a financially foundering dance school for their newest production. One of the dancers, a rich young socialite, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Laverne Andrews  •  Patty Andrews  •  Maxene Andrews  •  Grace McDonald

The Andrews Sisters headline this musical. They play the lead act at a popular nightclub. The trouble begins when they hire a few students from a financially foundering dance school for their newest production. One of the dancers, a rich young socialite, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Laverne Andrews  •  Patty Andrews  •  Maxene Andrews  •  Grace McDonald

Always a Bridesmaid (1943)

The Andrews Sisters harmonize their way through yet another 60-minute Universal musical quickie. The plot this time concerns a Lonely Hearts club which is used as a front by con artist Colonel Winchester (Charles Butterworth). Trying to promote a phony formula for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Laverne Andrews  •  Maxene Andrews  •  Patty Andrews  •  Patric Knowles

The Andrews Sisters harmonize their way through yet another 60-minute Universal musical quickie. The plot this time concerns a Lonely Hearts club which is used as a front by con artist Colonel Winchester (Charles Butterworth). Trying to promote a phony formula for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Laverne Andrews  •  Maxene Andrews  •  Patty Andrews  •  Patric Knowles

Bermuda Mystery (1944)

A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Helene Reynolds

A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Helene Reynolds

Half Angel (1936)

Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Frances Dee  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Helen Westley

Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Frances Dee  •  Brian Donlevy  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Helen Westley

Forsaking All Others (1934)

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  Joan Crawford  •  Clark Gable  •  Charles Butterworth

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  Joan Crawford  •  Clark Gable  •  Charles Butterworth

Hollywood Handicap (1938)

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buster Keaton
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Stuart Erwin  •  June Collyer

A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buster Keaton
CAST:  Charles Ruggles  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Stuart Erwin  •  June Collyer

Sis Hopkins (1941)

An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Judy Canova  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Susan Hayward  •  Jerry Colonna

An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Judy Canova  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Susan Hayward  •  Jerry Colonna

Illicit (1931)

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  James Rennie  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Natalie Moorhead

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Archie Mayo
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  James Rennie  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Natalie Moorhead

The Bargain (1931)

A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Milton
CAST:  Lewis Stone  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Doris Kenyon

A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Milton
CAST:  Lewis Stone  •  Evalyn Knapp  •  Charles Butterworth  •  Doris Kenyon
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