List of the best David Butler movies: Bright Eyes(1934), Calamity Jane(1953), Captain January(1936), The Little Colonel(1935), By the Light of the Silvery Moon(1953), Road to Morocco(1942), Thank Your Lucky Stars(1943), The Princess and the Pirate(1944), They Got Me Covered(1943), Lullaby of Broadway(1951), Caught in the Draft(1941), Doubting Thomas(1935) ... ...
7.3/10
Comedy
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple James Dunn Judith Allen Lois Wilson Charles Sellon Walter Johnson Jane Withers Theodore von Eltz Dorothy Christy Brandon Hurst George Irving
orphan maid pilot family patriarch dog young girl charming sad playful airport house plane courtroom child custody aviation tragic death rivalry sacrifice 1930s
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
7.3/10
Musical
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Howard Keel Allyn Ann McLerie Philip Carey Dick Wesson Paul Harvey Chubby Johnson Gale Robbins
frontier woman lieutenant cowboy maid saloon owner amusing cheery playful saloon chicago stage cabin desert deadwood, s.d. friendship singing impersonation mistaken identity jealousy romance
The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.
7.1/10
Musical
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Director
young girl orphan sailor captain truant officer lighthearted playful maine lighthouse boat child custody shipwreck school separation growing up rivalry rescue love 1930s
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple Lionel Barrymore Bill Robinson Evelyn Venable John Lodge Sidney Blackmer
colonel daughter husband grandchild veteran swindler cheeky charming moving kentucky household garden staircase woods pride war culture clash family deception courage
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Gordon MacRae Leon Ames Rosemary DeCamp Billy Gray Mary Wickes Russell Arms Maria Palmer Walter Flannery Geraldine Wall John Maxwell
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Anthony Quinn Dona Drake Vladimir Sokoloff Mikhail Rasumny
con artist best friend princess sheik merchant witty hysterical morocco market royal palace desert love triangle slavery culture clash mistaken identity friendship travel underdog love adventure
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
7.0/10
Musical
USA
1943
127 Minutes
Director
Eddie Cantor Dennis Morgan Joan Leslie S.Z. Sakall Edward Everett Horton Ruth Donnelly Joyce Reynolds Richard Lane Don Wilson Henry Armetta Willie Best
theatrical producer star bus driver singer amusing madcap heartwarming stage hollywood, calif. studio movie set world war ii singing performance egoism charity identity theft quest underdog 1940s
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1944
94 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Virginia Mayo Walter Brennan Walter Slezak Victor McLaglen Marc Lawrence Hugo Haas Maude Eburne Adia Kuznetzoff Brandon Hurst Tom Kennedy
actor princess pirate tattoo artist governor guard hilarious playful ship cabin palace dinghy rooming house dungeon treasure abduction impersonation cowardice corruption chases
A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1943
95 Minutes
Director
Fired by his editor for incompetence, idiotic reporter Robert Kittredge sees a chance at redeeming himself when he accidentally uncovers a network of Nazi spies in Washington, D.C.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
93 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Gene Nelson Gladys George S.Z. Sakall Billy De Wolfe Florence Bates Anne Triola Hanley Stafford Page Cavanaugh Trio The De Mattlazzis
A showgirl returns to her New York home to visit her alcoholic mother, where she catches the eye of a Broadway producer.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Lynne Overman Eddie Bracken Clarence Kolb Paul Hurst Ferike Boros Phyllis Ruth Irving Bacon Arthur Loft Edgar Dearing
movie star coward love interest colonel father assistant madcap lighthearted amusing tender movie set army camp airplane house countryside hospital military draft deception engagement mishaps
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Director
Will Rogers Billie Burke Alison Skipworth Sterling Holloway Andrew Tombes Gail Patrick Frances Grant Frank Albertson John Qualen Johnny Arthur Helen Flint
father mother beautician boyfriend agent actor heartwarming amusing lighthearted small town household stage dreams family marriage small-town life impersonation movies quest sacrifice
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
104 Minutes
Director
June Haver Gordon MacRae Debbie Reynolds James Barton S.Z. Sakall Gene Nelson Sean McClory Marcia Mae Jones Jane Darwell Irene Seidner Oscar O'Shea
Patricia O'Grady is the daughter of Irish Vaudeville performer, Rosie O'Grady, and is being raised along with her sisters by her father who believes the Vaudeville life contributed to his ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Gordon MacRae Gene Nelson Patrice Wymore Eve Arden Billy De Wolfe S.Z. Sakall Bill Goodwin Virginia Gibson Crauford Kent Elinor Donahue
entertainer uncle attorney producer heiress boyfriend airy engaging lighthearted theater office house show business partnership wager love interest money underdog love discovery
A socialite with aspirations of a career in show business bets her wealthy uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for two days straight, hoping winning will help her fulfill her dreams.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
80 Minutes
Director
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1946
90 Minutes
Director
Dennis Morgan Jack Carson Joan Leslie Janis Paige S.Z. Sakall Patti Brady
prince cab driver girlfriend count sister daughter lighthearted patriotic new york city train station airplane radio station love triangle disguise election unlikely romance american life love transformation 1940s
In the midst of a political vote, a Balkan prince comes to New York City to observe "ordinary" life, where he befriends a cabby and falls for his girlfriend.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith S.Z. Sakall Victor Francen Florence Bates John Litel Paul Kelly John Alvin Monte Blue Robert Shayne Robert Barrat
rancher kingpin dancer gunslinger engaging thrilling san antonio, texas mexico alamo ranch range war cattle theft old west justice romance quest revenge rivalry 19th century
Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1947
101 Minutes
Director
Dennis Morgan Arlene Dahl Andrea King Alan Hale George Tobias George O'Brien Sara Allgood Ben Blue William Frawley Don McGuire Charles Irwin
broadway star singer-songwriter girlfriend singer cheery endearing inspiring new york city dinner party broadway theater rise to stardom fame songwriting singing relationships chancellor "chauncey" olcott pursuit love underdog transformation
The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his... See full summary »
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1944
111 Minutes
Director
singer songwriter manager magician friend rival engaging melodramatic positive cabaret theater stage new york city music hall show business vaudeville marriage jealousy singing songwriting
Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1931
95 Minutes
Director
Will Rogers Maureen O'Sullivan Myrna Loy Frank Albertson William Farnum
deliveryman inventor knight king arthur princess sister playful charming radio station connecticut mansion castle arena torture chamber dreams knights time travel jousting siblings magic
Hank Morgan takes a trip back in time to King Arthur's Court.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
1937
80 Minutes
Director
Eddie Cantor Tony Martin Roland Young June Lang John Carradine Louise Hovick Virginia Field
sultan princess commoner nurse director fan amusing engaging playful palace movie set city tent dream vs. reality injury filmmaking romance royalty ali baba discovery
A movie company is doing the Arabian Nights when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Rosevelt's New Deal, he ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Director
June Haver Ray Bolger Gordon MacRae Charles Ruggles Rosemary DeCamp Lee Wilde Lyn Wilde
dancer vaudevillian husband songwriter broadway star parent emotional inspiring spectacular ohio london stage new york city broadway theater backstage family broadway show business world war i tragic death
This musical biopic chronicles the vaudeville-to-Broadway story of 1920s' star Marilyn Miller (June Haver). From her start on the boards in Findlay, Ohio, Marilyn sings and dances her way ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple Barry Fitzgerald Lon McCallister Rosemary DeCamp Donald MacBride Pierre Watkin William Forrest Sugarfoot Anderson Bill Cartledge Gertrude Astor Creighton Hale
horse young girl horse trainer jockey uncle love interest uplifting charming heartwarming inspiring kentucky horse track horse racing love romantic dilemma grief family rise to stardom rise quest
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Romance
USA
1949
96 Minutes
Director
Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal Jack Carson Wayne Morris Edward Arnold Virginia Field
soldier friend wife fiancée mother father amusing charming new york city apartment marriage deception divorce friendship immigration love quest 1940s
A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track of her in the war only to find on returning home that he is stuck with the girl because the friend has married someone else.
6.2/10
Musical
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Gloria Jean El Brendel Charles Winninger Allyn Joslyn Claire Dodd Moroni Olsen Nana Bryant Donald Woods Kathryn Adams
When a fellow bridge builder is killed in an accident, two of his co-workers bring his now orphaned daughter to New York to be adopted by relatives.
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Director
Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Johnny Downs Betty Grable Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Judy Garland
coach student athlete wife communist sister lighthearted amusing charming yale stadium texas college football unlikely hero mix-up sports underdog rivalry quest
Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.
6.1/10
Musical
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Director
Dennis Morgan Virginia Mayo Gene Nelson Lucille Norman S.Z. Sakall Virginia Gibson Tom Conway Wallace Ford Tom Dugan
Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.
6.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1952
101 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Ray Bolger Claude Dauphin Eve Miller George Givot Paul Harvey Herbert Farjeon Wilson Millar Raymond Largay John Alvin Jack Lomas
bureaucrat chorus girl boss fiancée entertainer busboy winsome uplifting touching amusing washington, d.c. new york city cruise ship nightclub paris unlikely romance culture clash singing love triangle matchmaking
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.
5.9/10
Musical
USA
1931
106 Minutes
Director
A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Director
Dennis Morgan Jack Carson Dorothy Malone Penny Edwards Forrest Tucker Fred Clark Gerald Mohr John Alvin Andrew Tombes Monte Blue
musician partner rancher sheriff doctor thief lighthearted amusing texas farm rodeo wilderness jail song and dance false accusations love triangle love rise adventure 1940s
Song-and-dance men Steve Carroll and Danny Foster walk to a Texas dude ranch after their car runs out of gas. The team's friend, singer Maggie Reed, gets the boys a job. With their auto ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
66 Minutes
Director
Harry Ritz Al Ritz Jimmy Ritz Richard Arlen Ethel Merman Phyllis Brooks George Barbier Sidney Blackmer Will Stanton Ivan Lebedeff Gregory Gaye
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
5.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1954
114 Minutes
Director
Rex Harrison Virginia Mayo Laurence Harvey George Sanders Robert Douglas
king knight lighthearted jerusalem royalty loyalty medieval times swordplay assassination adventure 12th century
While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart (George Sanders) battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin (Sir Rex Harrison).
5.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
94 Minutes
Director
Kay Kyser John Barrymore Lupe Velez Patsy Kelly Ginny Simms May Robson Peter Lind Hayes Harry Babbitt
john barrymore kay kyser bandleader singer dancer grandmother airy amusing charming playful radio station theater nightclub hotel room radio big-band music actors william shakespeare publicity stunts song and dance
Lulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (John Barrymore),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser (... See full summary »
5.4/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1930
102 Minutes
Director
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 ...... See full summary »
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
1956
103 Minutes
Director
Tab Hunter Natalie Wood Jessie Royce Landis Jim Backus Murray Hamilton Alan King James Garner David Janssen Jack Arnold Wilfred Knapp Les Johnson
student army recruit society matron girlfriend army officer sergeant melodramatic patriotic lighthearted brooding army camp barracks monterey, calif. college basic training relationships discipline separation maturing growing up
Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.
Musical, Comedy
1940
97 Minutes
Director
Kay Kyser Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Helen Parrish Alma Kruger Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Eggenton
bandleader partygoer heiress aunt prince professor hilarious suspenseful madcap mansion radio station nightclub workshop birthday party storm haunting murder plot inheritance big-band music mystery
A bandleader (Kay Kyser) takes his radio troupe to a gloomy mansion for a debutante's risky 21st birthday.
War
1955
93 Minutes
Director
Jacques Sernas Kurt Kaszner Arnold Moss Peter Van Eyck Marcel Dalio Norman Dupont Larry Dobkin Patricia Blake Alberto Morin Maurice Marsac Louis Mercier
French volunteers parachute into Indochina to help defeat the enemy in a 56-day battle at Dien Bien Phu.
Drama
USA
1933
69 Minutes
Director
James Dunn Sally Eilers Frank McHugh June Clyde Clay Clement Noel Francis Dorothy Peterson Kenneth Thomson
Sweethearts Chuck Evans and Molly Roberts work at Blair's Department Store and plan on marrying when Chuck gets a raise. They dine one evening with Molly's friend and fellow salesgirl, ... See full summary »
Romance
1938
95 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young Richard Greene Walter Brennan Douglas Dumbrille Karen Morley Willard Robertson George H. Reed Leona Roberts
horse trainer farmer woman soldier auctioneer moving spirited suspenseful kentucky racetrack farm horse racing family feud murder pride love rivalry sacrifice 1930s
Drama
1956
99 Minutes
Director
Margaret O'Brien Walter Brennan Charlotte Greenwood John Lupton Byron Palmer Lisa Davis Gus Schilling Theron Jackson Hugh Sanders Walter Baldwin Harry Tyler
horse breeder granddaughter trainer owner girlfriend singer melodramatic engaging kentucky farm stable racetrack household horse racing grandparent/child relationship financial crisis class distinctions wager quest rivalry
A lovesick girl (Margaret O'Brien) and her grandfather (Walter Brennan) groom their filly for the Kentucky Derby.
Musical, Comedy
1949
85 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Bill Goodwin Irving Bacon Claire Carleton Harlan Warde Jacqueline de Wit Pat Flaherty Wendie Lee Nita Talbot Errol Flynn
waitress singer actress actor studio head movie star airy charming lighthearted hollywood, calif. movie set small town dealing with fame movies deception love triangle rise underdog transformation 1940s
Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Joan Crawford and a waitress (Doris Day) join two comedians (Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) making a movie.
Drama
1927
119 Minutes
Gobin
Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Ben Bard David Butler Marie Mosquini Albert Gran
sewer cleaner prostitute sister police officer charming emotional moving paris apartment street sewer romance poverty world war i prostitution schemes separation love 1910s
A dejected Parisian sewer worker feels his prayers have been answered when he falls in love with a street waif.
5.5/10
Western
USA
1926
73 Minutes
Nick "Drizzy" Galvani
George O'Brien Janet Gaynor William Russell Robert Edeson David Butler Philip Ford Ralph Sipperly Margaret Livingston Jerry Madden Harry Tenbrook Lew Short
George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose, the local policeman's daughter. When the war is over Father Regan tries to unite them ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1926
55 Minutes
Coach Henley
Clara Bow Donald Keith Mary Alden Henry B. Walthall Gilbert Roland J. Gordon Edwards Jr. Felix Valle David Butler
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to go to parties. He finds that it is impossible to please ... See full summary »
5.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1929
83 Minutes
Navy Coach
George O'Brien William Janney Frank Albertson Ward Bond Helen Chandler Joyce Compton Clifford Dempsey Lumsden Hare Stepin Fetchit David Butler
West Point Cadet John and Annapolis Midshipman Frank focus their fraternal rivalry on the big Army-Navy football game.
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