The Black Butterfly (1916)
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Sonia Smirnov, a Paris opera singer known as "The Black Butterfly", starts an affair with young Alan Hall. Hall, however, is still pining over his previous lover, a young peasant girl.
- Date of release
- 1916-12-04
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Burton L. King
Casting
- Olga Petrova — Sonia Smirnov / Marie - The Convent Girl
- Mahlon Hamilton — Alan Hall
- Tony Merlo — Girard
- Count Lewenhaupt — Lahcaise
- Edward Brennan — Lord Braislin
- Violet Reed — Lady Constance Braislin
- Jack Hopkins — Don Luis Maredo
- Morgan Jones — Peter - Father of Sonia
- Norman Kerry — Vladimir
- Roy Pilcher — Gaston Duval
- Evelyn Dumo — Ciel - Sonia's Maid
Interesting facts
The Black Butterfly is a lost 1916 American silent drama film released by Metro Pictures, starring Olga Petrova. The last known copy was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire. The extant footage was posted online in 2019.
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