Pavement Butterfly

Name: Pavement Butterfly
Director: Richard Eichberg
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929-04-09
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Sön Ling, S.Z. Sakall, Elwood Fleet Bostwick

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1929 · 96 min · Drama · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

In this, her second silent film with Eichberg, Wong plays Princess Butterfly, an exotic Parisian fan dancer whose “death leap through a circle of naked swords” act goes tragically wrong. Blamed for the impalement of a fellow performer, she runs away and takes shelter with a handsome but starving painter who she brings luck.

Directed by Richard Eichberg

Cast

Anna May Wong — Hai-Tang
Alexander Granach — Coco
Nien Sön Ling — Mr.Wu
S.Z. Sakall — Paul Bennet
Elwood Fleet Bostwick — Mr. Working