William J. Butler Movies

Alice has two persistent suitors, one rich, one poor. Each buys her an engagement ring; the rich man pays cash, but the poor man must pay on...

A crippled girl marries a fisherman, who also has eyes for the town flirt.

Martin is hurriedly called to High Beach to close a big deal with the president of a construction company stopping there.

A feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he would attach his household goods. Granddad was that...

When a young girl who has grown up as a music hall entertainer is brought to live in a stodgy New England town, the quiet town life is changed...

The boy, who is the idol of his widowed mother, returns from college with a collegiate record she is justly proud of. To mark the occasion his...

Hank (Mack Sennett) loses his girl (Mabel Normand) to another guy (Dell Henderson) so he decides to get even with some hot sauce.

A pretty woman's tears are the greatest persuasive argument on the planet earth. A woman's tears will melt the coldest heart, and will make the heart...

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

Two creative bums invade a high society gathering by pretending to be rich.

Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing by with their sweethearts, lighthearted and happy....

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy...

Nell Gordon's father was once a burglar, but he has turned over a new leaf. When he falls ill, however, the burglar's old cronies persuade Nell to...

The Newlyweds move into their new flat and prepare to entertain their uncle.

They are brothers; one is a member of the village fire department, the other the property man at the "Opry House." A traveling dramatic company...

Hank Hopkins is a "rube" of the most extreme type, and on the morning of the great Shrine Parade in Los Angeles, he is met by a couple of friends,...

Hubby is anxious to get away for a little time at the beach with the boys, and works up a quarrel with wifey over a new hat, the bill for which he is...

Harry expected to come in for a portion of his uncle's estate, but didn't figure that he would get his share before his worthy relative's demise. The...

A Biograph short drama directed by George Reehm.

When young Tom and Adele learn they must wait four years before they can marry, they agree to kill themselves. They reconsider, and then decide to...