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Butterflies in the Rain
(1926) American
B&W : Eight reels / 7319 feet
Directed by Edward Sloman

Cast: Laura La Plante [Tina Carteret], James Kirkwood [John Humphries], Robert Ober [Emsley Charleton], Dorothy Cumming [Lady Pintar], Oscar Beregi (Sr.) [Lord Purdon], Grace Ogden [Miss Flax], Dorothy Stokes [Miranda], Edwards Davis [Stuart Carteret], Edward Lockhart [Aubrey Carteret], James Anderson [Dennis Carteret], Clarence Thompson [Mr. Sarling], Rose Burdick [Marie Charleton], Ruby Lafayette [Mrs. Humphries], Robert Bolder, George Periolat, Grace Gordon

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Jewel]. / Scenario by Charles Kenyon, from the novel Butterflies in the Rain by Andrew Sontar. Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Released 20 December 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Listing updated: 20 August 2009.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 163; Drew-Speaking pp. 97, 278; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 53; Slide-Aspects p. 61 : Website-IMDb.