(Clarence Brown, US 1924, 80 min., 35mm)
Starring Laura La Plante (a favorite from last year’s Silk Stockings screening) and Rochester-born Norman Kerry, this romantic drama from one of the leading romantic directors is rarely seen at all, let alone on the big screen. Hilary Collier (Ruth Clifford) sacrifices her own career to support the musical education of her younger sister, Dora (La Plante), also known as Butterfly, even giving up the man she loves to her precocious charge. When Dora decides to leave her husband for an eminent musician, Kronski (Kerry), who is in love with Hilary, bitter conflict ensues.
Live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.
35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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