The Broken Butterfly

Nov 1, 1919

0h 58m

★ 6.3

A Symphony of Love and Pathos FOR MAIDS and MATRONS MOTHERS and DAUGHTERS FATHERS and SONS

Overview

A woman in Canada abused by her aunt falls in love with a foreign composer looking for inspiration, who comes to find it in her and the star-crossed romance that develops between them.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Maurice Tourneur Productions

Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Darrell Thorne

Lew Cody

Zabie Elliot

Mary Alden

Marcene Elliot

Pauline Starke

Marcène's Child

Peaches Johnson

Marcène's Sister

Nina Byron

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The Broken Butterfly

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