The Broken Butterfly

A woman in Canada abused by her aunt falls in love with a foreign composer looking for inspiration, who comes to find it in her and the star-crossed romance that develops between them.

Cast

Lew Cody

as Darrell Thorne

Mary Alden

as Zabie Elliot

Pauline Starke

as Marcene Elliot

Peaches Johnson

as Marcène's Child

Nina Byron

as Marcène's Sister

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