A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Broken Butterfly
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Maurice Tourneur

Cast: Lew Cody [Daniel Thorn], Pauline Starke [Marcène Elliott], Mary Alden [Julie Elliott], Peaches Jackson [Marcène’s child], Nina Byron [Marcène’s sister]

Maurice Tourneur Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation [Robertson-Cole Productions; Robertson-Cole Special]. / Produced by Maurice Tourneur. Scenario by H. Tipton Steck, from an adaptation by Charles E. Whittaker of the short story “Marcene” by Penelope Knapp. Art direction by [?] Ben Carré? Presented by Maurice Tourneur. / Released 1 November 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 June 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.