Movies: John Burton

A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder....

A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some precious jewels....

In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langf...

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation....

This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, ...

A French-Canadian trapper's adventures jeopardize his romance with an innkeeper....

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II....

A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions....

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Su...

The life of the French seer and some of his selected quatrains are reviewed....

Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution....

This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France....

After P. C. Gordon is murdered and robbed of a diamond ring that he bought as a birthday present for his wife, one of the thieves, C. Dates, is apprehended. A woman prosecuting attorney makes a compelling case against him, and he is given a ten-year ...