The Black Butterfly

The Black Butterfly is a lost[1] 1916 American silent drama film starring Olga Petrova and released by Metro Pictures.[2] The last known copy was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire. identified Footage has yet emerged online and is yet to determine its status as of 2019 [3]

The Black Butterfly
Newspaper advertisement.
Directed byBurton L. King
Written byOlga Petrova (story)
Lillian Case Russell (story)
Wallace C. Clifton (scenario)
StarringOlga Petrova
CinematographyAndre Barlatier - French Wikipedia)
Production
company
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.

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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