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The Butterfly Man
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Ida May Park

Cast: Lew Cody [Sedgewick Blynn], Louise Lovely [Bessie Morgan], Lilie Leslie [Mrs. Trend], Rosemary Theby [Mrs. Fielding], Martha Mattox [Anna Blynn], Mary Land [Martha Blynn], Alberta Lee [Mrs. Blynn], Augustus Phillips [Mr. Trend], Alec B. Francis [James Bachelor], Andrew Robson [John D. Morgan], Esther Ralston

L.J. Gasnier Productions production; distibuted by Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation [A Lew Cody Special]. / Scenario by Ida May Park, from the novel The Butterfly Man by George Barr McCutcheon. Production supervised by Louis J. Gasnier. Art direction by Milton Menasco. Technical director, Earl L. McMurtrie. Cinematography by Joseph Dubray. / Released 18 April 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0551.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 April 2010.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0551; Drew-Speaking p. 283 : Website-AFI.