Joe Butterworth

Little Annie Rooney (1925)

A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  William Haines  •  Walter James  •  Gordon Griffith

A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  William Haines  •  Walter James  •  Gordon Griffith

Black Lightning (1924)

A WWI drama in which a Red Cross dog saves a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  Clara Bow  •  Harold Austin  •  Thunder  •  Eddie Phillips

A WWI drama in which a Red Cross dog saves a man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  Clara Bow  •  Harold Austin  •  Thunder  •  Eddie Phillips

The Good Bad Boy (1924)

Billy Benson has a reputation as a "bad boy" largely due to his habit of winding up in fist fights. Billy is usually fighting to defend his dad's reputation. John Benson is the town ne'er-do-well: a failed inventor who has labored the past 20 years on what he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Joe Butterworth  •  Mary Jane Irving  •  Forrest Robinson  •  Lucy Beaumont

Billy Benson has a reputation as a "bad boy" largely due to his habit of winding up in fist fights. Billy is usually fighting to defend his dad's reputation. John Benson is the town ne'er-do-well: a failed inventor who has labored the past 20 years on what he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Joe Butterworth  •  Mary Jane Irving  •  Forrest Robinson  •  Lucy Beaumont

Penrod and Sam (1923)

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DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Ben Alexander  •  Joe Butterworth  •  Buddy Messinger  •  Newton Hall

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DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Ben Alexander  •  Joe Butterworth  •  Buddy Messinger  •  Newton Hall

Three's a Crowd (1927)

Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Langdon
CAST:  Harry Langdon  •  Gladys McConnell  •  Cornelius Keefe  •  Arthur Thalasso

Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Langdon
CAST:  Harry Langdon  •  Gladys McConnell  •  Cornelius Keefe  •  Arthur Thalasso

Arizona Bound (1927)

Dave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold shipment is leaving by stagecoach. Two different people plan to rob the stagecoach...Buck O'Hara, the driver who is very trusted, and a stranger, Texas Jack. Dave gets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Waters
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Betty Jewel  •  El Brendel  •  Jack Dougherty

Dave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold shipment is leaving by stagecoach. Two different people plan to rob the stagecoach...Buck O'Hara, the driver who is very trusted, and a stranger, Texas Jack. Dave gets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Waters
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Betty Jewel  •  El Brendel  •  Jack Dougherty

The Narrow Street (1925)

Simon Haldane works in the office of the Faulkner Iron Works, but he has been raised by his two maiden aunts in an extremely sheltered manner and is basically afraid of everyone and everything. One morning he finds a strange girl shivering in his bedroom, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Matt Moore  •  Dorothy Devore  •  David Butler  •  George C. Pearce

Simon Haldane works in the office of the Faulkner Iron Works, but he has been raised by his two maiden aunts in an extremely sheltered manner and is basically afraid of everyone and everything. One morning he finds a strange girl shivering in his bedroom, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Matt Moore  •  Dorothy Devore  •  David Butler  •  George C. Pearce

The Earth Woman (1926)

The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Mary Alden  •  Priscilla Bonner  •  Johnnie Walker  •  Russell Simpson

The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Mary Alden  •  Priscilla Bonner  •  Johnnie Walker  •  Russell Simpson

Born to the West (1926)

Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore have been enemies since early childhood, primarily over the affections of Nell Worstall. Dare, assuming the name of Holt, goes west to Colorado, as does most of his Kentucky friends and enemies. The feud between Dare and Bate is renewed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Waters
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Margaret Morris  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Arlette Marchal

Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore have been enemies since early childhood, primarily over the affections of Nell Worstall. Dare, assuming the name of Holt, goes west to Colorado, as does most of his Kentucky friends and enemies. The feud between Dare and Bate is renewed, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Waters
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Margaret Morris  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Arlette Marchal

Heroes of the Street (1922)

When a smart-alec street kid's father, a policeman, is killed in the line of duty, the boy turns over a new leaf and goes to work to support his mother, brothers, and sisters. He gets a job as an usher in a theater but really wants to become a policeman to avenge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Wesley Barry  •  Marie Prevost  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Philo McCullough

When a smart-alec street kid's father, a policeman, is killed in the line of duty, the boy turns over a new leaf and goes to work to support his mother, brothers, and sisters. He gets a job as an usher in a theater but really wants to become a policeman to avenge ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Wesley Barry  •  Marie Prevost  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Philo McCullough

North of Nevada (1924)

When old rancher Mark Ridgeway passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead of to trusted foreman Tom Taylor as promised. The relatives, Reginald (Taylor Graves) and his sister Marion, arrive to take over the ranch, and Tom quickly falls for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Fred Thomson  •  Hazel Keener  •  Josef Swickard  •  Joe Butterworth

When old rancher Mark Ridgeway passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead of to trusted foreman Tom Taylor as promised. The relatives, Reginald (Taylor Graves) and his sister Marion, arrive to take over the ranch, and Tom quickly falls for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Fred Thomson  •  Hazel Keener  •  Josef Swickard  •  Joe Butterworth