Film
Pavement Butterfly
1929 · 90 min · ★ 6 · Dir. Richard Eichberg
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.
Starring
Anna May Wong
Hai-Tang
Alexander Granach
Coco
Nien Sön Ling
Mr.Wu
S.Z. Sakall
Paul Bennet
Elwood Fleet Bostwick
Mr. Working
Tilla Garden
Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter
Gaston Jacquet
Baron de Neuve
Fred Louis Lerch
Fedja Kusmin