David Butler – IDLIX

The Girl He Left Behind

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:47:12 +0000

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David Butler’s 1956 film stars ’50s teen favorites Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, with supporting roles played by Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Murray Hamilton, Henry Jones, James Garner, Alan King, Ernestine Wade, David Janssen and Raymond Bailey.

King Richard and the Crusaders

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:46:08 +0000

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.

The Command

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:16:39 +0000

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

Calamity Jane

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:01:46 +0000

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:01:43 +0000

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.

April in Paris

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:26:59 +0000

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

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:12:29 +0000

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. When she arrives at the mansion, she is taken in by the two servants who are friends of her mother’s. The house actually belongs to Adolph Hubbell, a kind-hearted Broadway producer who also gets drawn into the charade. Hubbell takes a shine to Melinda and agrees to star her in his next show. Melinda also finds romance with a handsome hoofer who’s also in the show. All is going well for Melinda except that she wants to see her mother who keeps putting off their reunion.

Tea for Two

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:51:38 +0000

In this reworking of “No, No, Nanette,” wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say “no” to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn’t realize her uncle’s been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.

The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:11:49 +0000

An Irish horsecar driver’s daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.

The Story of Seabiscuit

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:46:17 +0000

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, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse’s owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother’s death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel