The Butterfly Man Explained

The Butterfly Man
Director:	Ida May Park
Producer:	Louis J. Gasnier
Starring:	Lew Cody Louise Lovely Lila Leslie
Cinematography:	Joseph A. Dubray
Studio:	Louis J. Gasnier Productions
Distributor:	Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Butterfly Man is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park, starring Lew Cody, Louise Lovely, and Lila Leslie, and produced by Louis J. Gasnier.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

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

Preservation

The film is lost.^[3]

Bibliography

• Jeff Codori. Film History through Trade Journal Art, 1916–1920. Jeferson, NC: McFarland, 2020.
• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• • allmovie

Notes and References

1. Codori, p. 116.
2. https://silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/ButterflyMan1920.html The Butterfly Man at silentera.com
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4093/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Butterfly Man