Pavement Butterfly

Pavement Butterfly

90 mins | Drama | April 9, 1929

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.

Pavement Butterfly

90 mins | Drama | April 9, 1929

Pavement Butterfly
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers British International Pictures, Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH
Original title Großstadtschmetterling
Directors Richard Eichberg
Writers Adolf Lantz, Hans Kyser

Cast

Anna May Wong

as Hai-Tang

Nien Sön Ling

as Mr.Wu

S.Z. Sakall

as Paul Bennet

Elwood Fleet Bostwick

as Mr. Working

Tilla Garden

as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter

Gaston Jacquet

as Baron de Neuve

Fred Louis Lerch

as Fedja Kusmin