Writing

Kathleen Butler

Born — Died

1901-01-15 — 1958-01-01

Place of birth

Camden, London, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

22 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Story of Shirley Yorke poster
5.9

Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman dies and the finger is very strongly pointed at Sister Shirley because she and the Lord were former lovers.

The Story of Shirley Yorke

1949

Gert and Daisy's Weekend poster
6.2

Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in the country.

Gert and Daisy's Weekend

1942

Gert and Daisy Clean Up poster
7.0

Two friends set about trying to run a restaurant and bringing a gang of black marketeers to justice during the Second World war.

Gert and Daisy Clean Up

1942

No artwork available
9.0

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.

The Right Age to Marry

1935

No artwork available
6.0

An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and personality overcome the obstacles.

His Lordship Goes to Press

1938

Old Mother Riley Joins Up poster
8.5

Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mayhem ensues until she is able to prevent German spies from acquiring important documents.

Old Mother Riley Joins Up

1939

I'll Walk Beside You poster
6.0

John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?

I'll Walk Beside You

1943

Calling Paul Temple poster
6.7

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.

Calling Paul Temple

1948

No artwork available
9.0

A mother and father who, in order to shock their extended family out of their idle spendthrift ways, pretend to have lost all their money.

The Happy Family

1936

For You Alone poster
7.0

Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to an injured admirer.

For You Alone

1945

No artwork available
9.0

A reporter faces a race against time to clear an actress accused of murder.

The Feathered Serpent

1934

Front Line Kids poster
7.0

Two teenage gang members are forced to be page boys at a hotel where a criminal gang are operating.

Front Line Kids

1942

No artwork available
8.0

Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristocratic ne'er-do-well.

Darts Are Trumps

1938

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marry the Girl

1935

Twice Branded poster
7.0

A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.

Twice Branded

1936

No artwork available
9.0

Paddy, an Irish singer heads to America to seek fame and fortune. Once successful he returns home to search for his family. He joins The Royal Air Force.

Rose of Tralee

1942

No artwork available
8.0

A comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers

Garrison Follies

1940

No artwork available
8.0

A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals.

Busman's Holiday

1936

Facing the Music poster
8.0

Betty driver vehicle

Facing the Music

1941

No artwork available
8.0

Filled with lots of WW II-era propaganda, this tuneful war drama tells the syrupy tale of a strong and beautiful Scottish lass who works in a Glasgow factory while her true love is in the Navy.

My Ain Folk

1945

Variety Jubilee poster
7.7

This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe Swann, are staunch friends even when Kit marries Joe's dancing partner Evelyn. Joe fights in the Boer War where a bullet puts an end to his dancing days. He goes to work on the staff at Burns' Music Hall where Kit Jr. soon finds a place in his affections. Kit and Joe purchase the music hall and soon become a success.

Variety Jubilee

1943

The Temptress poster
6.5

Film noir about a physician who sets aside his altruistic quest for a cure for polio when a femme fatale coerces him into murder and blackmail.

The Temptress

1949