Pavement Butterfly (1929)
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.
Director: Richard Eichberg
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Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang |
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Alexander Granach as Coco |
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Nien Sön Ling as Mr.Wu |
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S.Z. Sakall as Paul Bennet |
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Elwood Fleet Bostwick as Mr. Working |
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Tilla Garden as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter |
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Gaston Jacquet as Baron de Neuve |
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Fred Louis Lerch as Fedja Kusmin |
| Camera | Otto Baecker | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Heinrich Gärtner | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Richard Eichberg | Director |
| Writing | Hans Kyser | Story |
| Writing | Adolf Lantz | Writer |
| Sound | Max Pflugmacher | Music |