The Butterfly

A hunchback, sworn to revenge against a woman who rejected him, lures her stepdaughter Elaine to the stage and assists her to become a dancer. Her stepmother goes to see her dance where the hunchback murders her goes mad and falls off a cliff to his death. John Butler, who is loved by Elaine, is accused of killing him, but Elaine clears him of the charge by proving the hunchback was the murderer of her stepmother.

Howard Estabrook

John Butler

Barbara Tennant

Elaine Arthur

O.A.C. Lund

John Arthur

Jessie Lewis

Julia Stuart

Fred Radcliffe

Albert Edmondson

• O.A.C. LundDirector · Writer
• Henry Kitchell WebsterNovel
• Sol PolitoDirector of Photography

Release date

May 10, 1915

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama

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