The Butterfly Man

1920 film
  • 18 April 1920 (1920-04-18)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Butterfly Man is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park, starring Lew Cody, Louise Lovely, and Lila Leslie, and produced by Louis J. Gasnier.[1][2]

Plot

Cast

  • Lew Cody as Sedgewick Blynn
  • Louise Lovely as Bessie Morgan
  • Lila Leslie as Mrs. Trend
  • Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Fielding
  • Martha Mattox as Anna Blynn
  • Mary Land as Martha Blynn
  • Alberta Lee as Mrs. Blynn
  • Augustus Phillips as Mr. Trend
  • Alec B. Francis as James Bachelor
  • Andrew Robson as John D. Morgan
  • Esther Ralston

Preservation

The film is lost.[3]

References

  1. ^ Codori, p. 116.
  2. ^ The Butterfly Man at silentera.com
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Butterfly Man

Bibliography

  • Jeff Codori. Film History through Trade Journal Art, 1916–1920. Jeferson, NC: McFarland, 2020.
  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
  • The Butterfly Man at IMDb
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