A Broadway Butterfly

Mar 29, 1925

1h 10m

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Overview

Irene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the Broadway stage. She meets up with Cookie, a worldly chorus girl who takes Irene under her wing. When Irene falls for young Ronald, his rival Crane sets out to break up the pair so he can have Irene for his own--and he doesn't much care how he does it.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

A Broadway Butterfly Trailers

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Cast

Irene Astaire

Dorothy Devore

Cookie Dale

Louise Fazenda

Charles Gay

Willard Louis

Crane Wilder

John Roche

Ronald Steel

Cullen Landis

Thelma Perry

Lilyan Tashman

Stage Manager

Wilfred Lucas

Riding Mistress (as Eugenie Gilbert)

Eugenia Gilbert

Mrs. Steel

Margaret Seddon

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