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Butterfly
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7472 feet
Directed by Clarence Brown

Cast: Laura La Plante [Dora Collier, also known as Butterfly], Ruth Clifford [Hilary Collier], Kenneth Harlan [Craig Spaulding], Norman Kerry [Konrad Kronski], Cesare Gravina [Von Mandescheid], Margaret Livingston [Violet Van De Wort], Freeman Wood [Cecil Atherton], T. Roy Barnes [Cy Dwyer], Winifred Landis [a dowager], Alice Howell [the eccentric dancer at the party], Nora Cecil [a neighbor; and a party guest], Robert McKenzie [a neighbor; and a party guest], Rosa Rosanova [a neighbor; and a party guest], Walter Wilkinson

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Clarence Brown Production; Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Olga Printzlau, from the novel Butterfly by Kathleen Norris. Art direction by Elmer Sheeley. Assistant director, Charles Dorian. Cinematography by Ben Reynolds. Film editor, Edward Schroeder. Intertitles written by Marian Ainslee. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 12 August 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20496]. Released 12 October 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 46.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Musical instruments: Violins - Musicians - Orphans - Self-sacrifice

Listing updated: 8 October 2023.

References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 145, 580; Drew-Speaking pp. 97, 277; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 46 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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