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The Butterfly Girl
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Henry Otto
Cast: Margarita Fischer [Pep O’Mally], Baby Marie Kiernan [Bess], Jack Mower [Robert Whipple Jr.], J. Gordon Russell [Marcus Renshaw], Della Pringle [Pep’s aunt], John Steppling [Heinie, the wienie man]
Pollard Picture Plays Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by [?] Harry A. Pollard? Cinematography by René Guissart. / Released 8 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some location photography was taken at the Panama-California International Exposition in San Diego, California.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The scene of the story is laid at San Diego in the grounds of the Panama Exposition, and centers about a young girl whose mother, near death, has sent her with her little sister to look up her aunt. The aunt, who, with her unscrupulous husband, runs a show at the exposition, figures as the human butterfly. The girl is persecuted for her beauty by her uncle, takes refuge with the Hawaiian players, and finally is taken to a good home by a rich family from Honolulu. The production has not much merit as a drama, but is interesting partly because of the exposition scenes which it presents.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 November 2022.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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