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.

Cast

Anna May Wong

Alexander Granach

Nien Sön Ling

S.Z. Sakall

Elwood Fleet Bostwick

Tilla Garden