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.
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Anna May Wong as Hai-Tang
Alexander Granach as Coco
Nien Sön Ling as Mr.Wu
S.Z. Sakall as Paul Bennet
Elwood Fleet Bostwick as Mr. Working
Tilla Garden as Ellis Working - Mr. Working[s daughter
Gaston Jacquet as Baron de Neuve
Fred Louis Lerch as Fedja Kusmin
Otto Baecker Director of Photography
Heinrich Gärtner Director of Photography
Richard Eichberg Director
Adolf Lantz Writer
Hans Kyser Story
Papillon de la rue Trailer
City Butterfly Trailer
Germany 09 April 1929
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1929:
19 February 1929
A short drama film Directed by Eugene Walter to publicize the new talkie craze.
10 February 1929
Red saves his prospector sidekick Hank Robbins from the hangman.
05 April 1929
This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear kick her behind, spend her money on him, and forces her to push his kiddie car, all so that she could get the occasional joy of watching Harry "Wiggle His Ears.
30 March 1929
A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide.
31 March 1929
After "Dirty Neck" Jack Purvin sees a newspaper photograph of Eastern socialite Helen Van Smythe, soon to arrive at the nearby dude ranch, he hightails it to San Francisco in order to learn how to become a gentleman.
24 November 1929
William Henry Skinner's young wife has great confidence in her husband's abilities and is ambitious for his success.
21 January 1929
Episode 37 of "The Collegians" Series of the 46 short films
14 September 1929
Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1929 British International Pictures, Richard Eichberg-Film GmbH.