Butterfly (1924 film)

Butterfly
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Directed by	Clarence Brown
Written by	Olga Printzlau
Based on	Butterfly by Kathleen Norris
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Kenneth Harlan Laura La Plante Norman Kerry
Cinematography	Ben Reynolds
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 12, 1924 (1924-10-12)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Butterfly is an extant 1924 American silent romantic drama film feature, directed by Clarence Brown and starring Kenneth Harlan, Laura La Plante, and Norman Kerry. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The film was based on the novel by Kathleen Norris.

Cast

• Laura La Plante as Dora Collier
• Ruth Clifford as Hilary Collier
• Kenneth Harlan as Craig Spaulding
• Norman Kerry as Konrad Kronski
• Cesare Gravina as Von Mandescheid
• Margaret Livingston as Violet Van De Wort
• Freeman Wood as Cecil Atherton
• T. Roy Barnes as Cy Dwyer
• Walter Wilkinson as unknown role

Preservation

A print of Butterfly is maintained in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. ^[4]

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Butterfly at silentera.com
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Butterfly
3. Pictorial History of the Silent Film, p. 269 c.1953 by Daniel Blum
4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Butterfly

External links

• Butterfly at IMDb
• Butterfly lobby card cluster (archived)
• Laura La Plante, Universal Weekly (archived)
• #2 Laura La Plante, Universal Weekly (archived)