Butterfly (company)

Butterfly also known as Butterfly Pictures was a film production company that produced and released films spanned as part of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company program from 1917 to 1918.

"Butterfly Pictures presenting The Phantom's Secret" ad in Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)

History

On April 28, 1917, Butterfly Pictures was announced in Motography a new brand of feature films that would be released as part of the Universal exchanges. These films would be five reels in length and would be produced at the Universal Film Manufacturing Company studios in California.[1]

List of Butterfly films

Name Release date
(Year/Month/Date)
Director Braff Index[2][lower-alpha 1]
Eternal Love1917-05-07Douglas Gerrard2180
The Phantom's Secret1917-05-14Charles Swickard6167
Like Wild Fire1917-05-21Stuart Paton4608
Money Madness1917-05-25Henry McRae5360
The Circus of Life1917-06-04Rupert Julian1350
The Field of Honor1917-06-11Allen J. Holubar2379
The Flame of Youth1917-06-23Elmer Clifton2533
Man and Beast1917-06-25Henry McRae4982
The Plow Woman1917-07-02Charles Swickard6248
The Reed Case1917-07-09Allen J. Holubar6610
High Speed1917-07-16George L. Sargent3566
The Double Standard1917-07-23Phillips Smalley2005
Follow the Girl1917-08-06Louis W. Chaudet2623
The Midnight Man1917-08-13Elmer Clifton5221
The Lair of the Wolf1917-08-20Charles Swickard4441
Straight Shooting
Alternatively: Joan of the Cattlelands
1917-08-27John Ford7693
Who Was the Other Man?1917-09-03Francis Ford9092
The Little Pirate1917-09-10Elsie Jane Wilson4683
The Spindle of Life1917-09-17George Cochrane7552
The Edge of the Law1917-09-24Louis W. Chaudet2117
The Secret Man1917-10-01John Ford7030
The Girl Who Won Out1917-10-08Eugene Moore2978
Forty Nine-Seventeen ('49-'17)1917-10-15Ruth Ann Baldwin2729
Society's Driftwood1917-10-22Louis W. Chaudet7436
A Marked Man1917-10-29John Ford5070
John Ermine of the Yellowstone1917-11-05Francis Ford4248
The Cricket1917-11-12Elsie Jane Wilson1541
The Man from Montana1917-11-19George Marshall4989
Fear Not1917-11-26Allen J. Holubar2357
Fighting Maid1917-12-03Edward J. Le Saint2443
The Silent Lady1917-12-10Elsie Jane Wilson7250
Beloved Jim1917-12-17Stuart Paton528
Bucking Broadway1917-12-24John Ford973
The High Sign1917-12-31Elmer Clifton3564
The Wolf and His Mate1918-01-07Edward J. Le Saint9257
Madame Spy1918-01-21Douglas Gerrard4936
A Kitchen Hero1918-04-06Allen Curtis4388

See also

Notes

  1. Index listings instead of page numbers are provided for easier referencing of Braff's two volume index.

References

  1. "New Universal Brand". Motography. Electricity Magazine Corp. 1917. p. 898. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. Braff, Richard E. (1999). The Universal Silents (Volume 1 and 2). McFarland & Company.


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