Movie: The Broken Butterfly

Top 5 Billed Cast

Lew Cody
Lew Cody

Darrell Thorne

Mary Alden
Mary Alden

Zabie Elliot

Pauline Starke
Pauline Starke

Marcene Elliot

Peaches Johnson
Peaches Johnson

Marcène's Child

Nina Byron
Nina Byron

Marcène's Sister

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1919-11-01

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

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

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