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  2. The Butterfly

The Butterfly

1915
50m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1915

Runtime

50m

Storyline

A hunchback, sworn to revenge against a woman who rejected him, lures her stepdaughter Elaine to the stage and assists her to become a dancer. Her stepmother goes to see her dance where the hunchback murders her goes mad and falls off a cliff to his death. John Butler, who is loved by Elaine, is accused of killing him, but Elaine clears him of the charge by proving the hunchback was the murderer of her stepmother.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
50m
May 10, 1915
Languages
No Language
Director
O.A.C. Lund
O.A.C. Lund
Production
Shubert Film Corporation
Shubert Film Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

7 Cast Members

Howard Estabrook

Howard Estabrook

John Butler

Barbara Tennant

Barbara Tennant

Elaine Arthur

O.A.C. Lund

O.A.C. Lund

John Arthur

Jessie Lewis

Julia Stuart

Julia Stuart

Fred Radcliffe

Albert Edmondson

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