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A Broadway Butterfly

1925 · 70 min

A breezy silent comedy that whisks you through backstage romance and scheming with light charm and easy laughs.

Directed by
William Beaudine
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Dorothy Devore, Louise Fazenda, Willard Louis
Overview
Irene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the Broadway stage. She meets up with Cookie, a worldly chorus girl who takes Irene under her wing. When Irene falls for young Ronald, his rival Crane sets out to break up the pair so he can have Irene for his own--and he doesn't much care how he does it.

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Directed by
William Beaudine
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Dorothy Devore, Louise Fazenda, Willard Louis
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
William Beaudine
Written by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring
Dorothy Devore, Louise Fazenda, Willard Louis, John Roche, Cullen Landis, Lilyan Tashman, Wilfred Lucas, Eugenia Gilbert
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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