The Golden Butterfly
| The Golden Butterfly | |
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P.G. Wodehouse | |
| Produced by | Arnold Pressburger |
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| Cinematography | |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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| Distributed by | Phoebus Film |
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Running time | 6–7 reels |
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The Golden Butterfly (
drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Hermann Leffler, Lili Damita, and Nils Asther. It was based on the 1915 short story "The Making of Mac's" by British author P. G. Wodehouse. The film was released in the United Kingdom as The Golden Butterfly, in a form shortened to 5 reels, and had a limited release in the US under the title The Road to Happiness.[1]
The film was shot at the
on location in London and Cambridge. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Leni. It was made as a co-production between the Austrian Sascha Film and the German Phoebus Film. It was released in Britain by the Stoll Pictures company. It was the last film directed by the Hungarian Michael Curtiz in Germany before he immigrated to the United States.[2]
Plot
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Cast
- Hermann Leffler as MacFarland
- Lili Damita as Lilian, his foster daughter
- Nils Asther as Andy, his son
- Jack Trevor as Teddy Aberdeen, a wealthy and idle man
- Curt Bois as André Dubois, dancer and choreographer
- Kurt Gerron as the regular diner
- Karl Platen as 'Uncle Bill', the head waiter
- Ferdinand Bonn as the theatre director
- Julius von Szöreghyas the cook
References
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2288-3.
- ^ Von Dassanowsky p. 30
Bibliography
- Von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2147-0.
External links
- The Golden Butterfly at IMDb
- The Golden Butterfly at the TCM Movie Database
