The Butterfly (1915)
The story relates how a hunchback in revenge against a woman who has repulsed him, lures her stepdaughter to the stage and assists her to become a dancer. The girl, whose name is Elaine, has two lovers, for one of whom, John Butler, she forms a sincere attachment. Her stepmother goes to see her dance, and the hunchback, still enraged at her, murders the woman. The hunchback goes mad and is killed by falling from a cliff. Butler, Elaine's lover, is accused of killing him. but Elaine clears him of the charge by proving the hunchback was the murderer of her stepmother. Elaine and Butler find that their mutual loves will make them happy in marriage.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| O.A.C. Lund | Director |
| O.A.C. Lund | Writer |
| Henry Kitchell Webster | Writer |
| Sol Polito | Cinematographer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Howard Estabrook | |
| Barbara Tennant | |
| O.A.C. Lund | |
| Jessie Lewis |
