Directing

Alexander Butler

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Beetle poster
8.0

A beetle is possessed by the soul of an ancient Egyptian princess, who is determined to get her revenge on a member of the British Parliament.

The Beetle

1919

Married Love poster
10.0

aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a large family. When she refuses to marry and have children, she is estranged from her family, and after being imprisioned after a failed suicide attempt becomes a maid. Controversial at the time for its views on marriage and birth control.

Married Love

1923

Her Story poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Her Story

1920

No artwork available
8.0

An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan.

The Valley of Fear

1916

Little Women poster
8.0

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Little Women

1917

The Shepherd of the Southern Cross poster
9.0

Lady Helen Reynolds is forced to choose one of her two cousins to be her husband if she wants to inherit a large fortune.

The Shepherd of the Southern Cross

1914

The Night Riders poster
8.0

A band of Klan-like night riders have been running rampant, and ranch owner Julian Marbolt (Andre Beaulieu) -- who is afflicted with day blindness and can only see in the evening -- offers a reward for the leader's capture.

The Night Riders

1920

Should a Doctor Tell? poster
10.0

A doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.

Should a Doctor Tell?

1923

No artwork available
7.0

A telephone supervisor saves a banker's son from a theft charge.

The Ugly Duckling

1920

No artwork available
10.0

'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Tube of Death

1913

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Girl Who Loves a Soldier

1916

No artwork available
9.0

'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)

O.H.M.S.

1913

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Love in the Wilderness

1920

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

In Another Girl's Shoes

1917

No artwork available
9.0

The Sorrows of Satan is a 1917 British silent fantasy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gladys Cooper, Owen Nares and Cecil Humphreys. Made at Isleworth Studios, and based on the novel of the same name, the plot involves a poverty-stricken author so depressed that he agrees to sell his soul to the Devil.

The Sorrows Of Satan

1917

Damaged Goods poster
8.0

A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.

Damaged Goods

1919

No artwork available
10.0

Emperor Napoleon divorces his wife to marry an Austrian Queen and have an heir.

A Royal Divorce

1923

Greater Love Hath No Man poster
6.7

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

Greater Love Hath No Man

1911

No artwork available
7.0

'A housewife seeks solace in hats.' (British Film Institute)

Her Great Mistake

1925