The Black Butterfly

This article is about the 1916 silent film. For the 2017 movie, see Black Butterfly (2017 film).

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]

The Black Butterfly
Lobby poster
Directed by	Burton L. King
Written by	Olga Petrova (story) Lillian Case Russell (story) Wallace C. Clifton (scenario)
Starring	Olga Petrova
Cinematography	Andre 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
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Scene from the film.

Newspaper advertisement

Cast

• Olga Petrova as Sonia Smirnov / Marie, The Convent Girl
• Mahlon Hamilton as Alan Hall
• Anthony Merlo as Girard
• Count Lewenhaupt as Lachaise
• Edward Brennan as Lord Braislin
• Violet Reed as Lady Constance Braislin
• John Hopkins as Don Luis Maredo
• Morgan Jones as Peter, Father of Sonia
• Norman Kerry as Vladimir (credited as Norman Kaiser)
• Roy Pilcher as Gaston Duval
• Evelyn Dumo as Ciel, Sonia's Maid