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A Broadway Butterfly
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Wikipedia article
'A Broadway Butterfly' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3058 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'A Broadway Butterfly']
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Irene Astaire is befriended by Cookie Dale and gets a job in the chorus, although Cookie is dismissed to please male backers of the show. Irene falls in love with a wealthy youth, Ronald Steel, but Crane Wilder wants Irene and plots with Thelma to disgrace Irene. Cookie foils them although Donald sees Wilder leaving Irenes apartment, and he turns to Thelma. Irene is discouraged and seeks diversion on Broadway. Cookie saves her again and it then develops Cookie is the runaway daughter of a wealthy family and Donald and Irene are once more united.
Cast
Status
With no prints of 'A Broadway Butterfly' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3995/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'A Broadway Butterfly'] it is a lost film.
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