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. 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 (as Norman Kaiser)
• Roy Pilcher as Gaston Duval
• Evelyn Dumo as Ciel, Sonia's maid

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.

External links

• The Black Butterfly at IMDb
• The Black Butterfly at AllMovie