The Butterfly on the Wheel

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The Butterfly on the Wheel
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Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Edward Hemmerde (play)
Francis Neilson (play)
E. Magnus Ingleton
Starring Holbrook Blinn
Vivian Martin
George Relph
Cinematography Lucien N. Andriot
Sol Polito
Edited by Clarence Brown
Production
company
Distributed by World Film Company
Release date
November 15, 1915
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Butterfly on the Wheel is a lost [1] 1915 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Holbrook Blinn, Vivian Martin and George Relph. [2] [3] [4]

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