Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1919 · 58m

The Broken Butterfly

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Director
Maurice Tourneur
Cast
Lew Cody as Darrell Thorne Mary Alden as Zabie Elliot Pauline Starke as Marcene Elliot Peaches Johnson as Marcène's Child Nina Byron as Marcène's Sister
Crew
Maurice Tourneur — Writer Penelope Knapp — Novel Maurice Tourneur — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
canadacomposer
Key Collaborators
Maurice Tourneur Director Maurice Tourneur Writer Penelope Knapp Novel Maurice Tourneur Producer
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