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Black Butterflies
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6216 or 6220? feet
Directed by James W. Horne
Cast: Jobyna Ralston [Dorinda Maxwell], Mae Busch [Kitty Perkins], Robert Frazer [David], Lila Lee [Norma Davis], Cosmo Kyrle Bellew [Judge Davis], Robert Ober [Jimmie], Ray Hallor [Chad], George Periolat [Hatch]
[?] Carlos Productions, Incorporated, or Carlos Pictures Corporation? production; distributed by Quality Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Henry McCarty, from the adaptation by Henry McCarty of the novel Black Butterflies by Elizabeth Jordan. Cinematography by Steve Norton and Max Dupont. Film editor, Ralph Dawson. Intertitles written by Pat Sutherland. Music program by James C. Bradford. Presented by A. Carlos. / © 7 July 1928 by Quality Distributing Corporation [LP25433]. Released 31 August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was originally announced for release on 15 January 1928. / Silent film.
Drama: Society.
Reviews: [Photoplay, April 1929, page 8] Exposing the wicked ways of the fake Bohemians.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [incomplete 35mm nitrate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 September 2014.
References: FilmYearBook-1928 p. 76 : Photoplay-192904 p. 8 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by George R. Willeman.
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