The Black Butterfly

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The Black Butterfly
The Black Butterfly Lobby Poster 1916.jpg
Lobby poster
Directed by Burton L. King
Written by Olga Petrova (story)
Lillian Case Russell (story)
Wallace C. Clifton (scenario)
Starring Olga Petrova
Cinematography André Barlatier - French Wikipedia)
Production
companies
Popular Plays and Players
Distributed by Metro Pictures
Release date
  • December 4, 1916 (1916-12-04)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Scene from the film. Theblackbutterfly-newspaper-scene-1917.jpg
Scene from the film.
Newspaper advertisement Theblackbutterfly-newspaperad-1916.jpg
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]

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References

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


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