The Black Butterfly

This article is about the 1916 silent film. For the 2017 movie, see Black Butterfly (2017 film).
The Black Butterfly
Lobby poster
Directed byBurton L. King
Written byOlga Petrova (story)
Lillian Case Russell (story)
Wallace C. Clifton (scenario)
StarringOlga Petrova
CinematographyAndre Barlatier - French Wikipedia)
Production
companies
Popular Plays and Players
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • December 4, 1916 (1916-12-04)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Scene from the film.
Newspaper advertisement

The Black Butterfly is a lost[1] 1916 American silent drama film released by Metro Pictures, starring Olga Petrova.[2] The last known copy was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire. The extant footage was posted online in 2019.[3]

Cast

  • Olga Petrova as Sonia Smirnov/Marie, the convent girl
  • Mahlon Hamilton as Alan Hall
  • Anthony Merlo as Girard
  • Count Lewenhaupt as Lachaise
  • Edward Brennan as Lord Braislin
  • Violet Reed as Lady Constance Braislin
  • John Hopkins as Don Luis Maredo
  • Morgan Jones as Peter, father of Sonia
  • Norman Kerry as Vladimir (as Norman Kaiser)
  • Roy Pilcher as Gaston Duval
  • Evelyn Dumo as Ciel, Sonia's maid

References

  1. ^ "Black Butterfly". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  3. ^ "IDENTIFIED: "THE BLACK BUTTERFLY" (1916)". .flickr.com. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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