Hugo Butler
Canadian screenwriter (1914-1968)
Hugo Dansey Butler was a Canadian-American screenwriter. He was a victim of the Hollywood blacklist during the 1950s, and subsequently worked in Mexico and Europe under a variety of pseudonyms, notably in collaboration with directors Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey and Robert Aldrich. He had previously been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Edison the Man (1940).
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Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 15 films (1937–1961) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BIG CITY. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. | 8 reels | B&W | ||
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol | Edwin L. Marin | 69 min | 16mm | Color & B&W | |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Films Inc. (FI) | 1600 | B&W | ||
| 1940 | Wyoming. | Richard Thorpe | 9 reels | B&W | ||
| 1942 | A Yank On The Burma Road. | George B. Seitz | 7 reels | B&W | sound | |
| 1942 | The Omaha Trail. | Edward Buzzell | 3 reels | B&W | sound | |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home. | Fred M. Wilcox | 9 reels | Color | sound | |
| 1945 | The Southerner | Loew-Hakim Inc | 1:31:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1945 | The Southerner ▶ | Jean Renoir | 92 min | B&W | ||
| 1945 | The Southerner. | Jean Renoir | 91 min. | B&W | ||
| 1949 | Roughshod. | Mark Robson | 88 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1956 | AUTUMN LEAVES | Robert Aldrich | 107 min | B&W | ||
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Robert Aldrich | 10 min | 16mm | B&W | Sound |
| 1956 | Torero. | Producciones Barbachano Ponce | 7 reels | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1961 | The young one | director, Luis Bunuel ; written by Bunuel and Hugo Butler. | 91 | 16mm | B&W | sound |