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)
StarringOlga Petrova
CinematographyAndre 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. Extant footage was posted online in 2019. [3]

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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.