Pavement Butterfly

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

Cast: Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Sön Ling, S.Z. Sakall, Elwood Fleet Bostwick, Tilla Garden, Gaston Jacquet, Fred Louis Lerch

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.