Pavement Butterfly

Overview

In this, her second silent film with Eichberg, Wong plays Princess Butterfly, an exotic Parisian fan dancer whose “death leap through a circle of naked swords” act goes tragically wrong. Blamed for the impalement of a fellow performer, she runs away and takes shelter with a handsome but starving painter who she brings luck.

Release date

Apr 9, 1929

Rating

6 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 36 minutes

Genres

• Drama