The Black Butterfly
“Her latest production, written and produced by herself.”
Sonia Smirnov, a Paris opera singer known as "The Black Butterfly", starts an affair with young Alan Hall. Hall, however, is still pining over his previous lover, a young peasant girl.
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Olga Petrova
Sonia Smirnov / Marie - The Convent Girl
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Mahlon Hamilton
Alan Hall
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Tony Merlo
Girard
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Count Lewenhaupt
Lahcaise
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Edward Brennan
Lord Braislin
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Violet Reed
Lady Constance Braislin
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Jack Hopkins
Don Luis Maredo
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Morgan Jones
Peter - Father of Sonia
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Silas Marner
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Norman Kerry
Vladimir
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Unknown
Roy Pilcher
Gaston Duval
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Evelyn Dumo
Ciel - Sonia's Maid
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Burton L. King Director · Wallace Clifton Screenplay Lillian Case Russell Story
United States release December 4, 1916 · Produced in United States
Production
Popular Plays and Players Inc.
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 4, 1916
Theatrical
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