Comedy · United States of America · 1925 · 1h 10m

A Broadway Butterfly

Director

Cast

Dorothy Devore as Irene Astaire Louise Fazenda as Cookie Dale Willard Louis as Charles Gay John Roche as Crane Wilder Cullen Landis as Ronald Steel Lilyan Tashman as Thelma Perry

Crew

Darryl F. Zanuck — Writer Pearl Keating — Story

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

lost film

Key Collaborators

William Beaudine Director Darryl F. Zanuck Writer Pearl Keating Story

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