Movielogr
Pavement Butterfly (1929)
Directed by Richard Eichberg
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.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Anna May Wong | Alexander Granach | Nien Sön Ling | S.Z. Sakall | Elwood Fleet Bostwick | Tilla Garden | Gaston Jacquet | Fred Louis Lerch