Butterfly also known as Butterfly Pictures was a film production company that produced and released films spanned as part of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company program from 1917 to 1918.
History On April 28, 1917, Butterfly Pictures was announced in Motography a new brand of feature films that would be released as part of the Universal exchanges. These films would be five reels in length and would be produced at the Universal Film Manufacturing Company studios in California.
List of Butterfly films Name Release date (Year/Month/Date) Director Braff IndexEternal Love 1917-05-07 Douglas Gerrard 2180The Phantom's Secret 1917-05-14 Charles Swickard 6167Like Wild Fire 1917-05-21 Stuart Paton 4608Money Madness 1917-05-25 Henry McRae 5360The Circus of Life 1917-06-04 Rupert Julian 1350The Field of Honor 1917-06-11 Allen J. Holubar 2379The Flame of Youth 1917-06-23 Elmer Clifton 2533Man and Beast 1917-06-25 Henry McRae 4982The Plow Woman 1917-07-02 Charles Swickard 6248The Reed Case 1917-07-09 Allen J. Holubar 6610High Speed 1917-07-16 George L. Sargent 3566The Double Standard 1917-07-23 Phillips Smalley 2005Follow the Girl 1917-08-06 Louis W. Chaudet 2623The Midnight Man 1917-08-13 Elmer Clifton 5221The Lair of the Wolf 1917-08-20 Charles Swickard 4441Straight Shooting Alternatively: Joan of the Cattlelands 1917-08-27 John Ford 7693Who Was the Other Man? 1917-09-03 Francis Ford 9092The Little Pirate 1917-09-10 Elsie Jane Wilson 4683The Spindle of Life 1917-09-17 George Cochrane 7552The Edge of the Law 1917-09-24 Louis W. Chaudet 2117The Secret Man 1917-10-01 John Ford 7030The Girl Who Won Out 1917-10-08 Eugene Moore 2978Forty Nine-Seventeen ('49-'17) 1917-10-15 Ruth Ann Baldwin 2729Society's Driftwood 1917-10-22 Louis W. Chaudet 7436A Marked Man 1917-10-29 John Ford 5070John Ermine of the Yellowstone 1917-11-05 Francis Ford 4248The Cricket 1917-11-12 Elsie Jane Wilson 1541The Man from Montana 1917-11-19 George Marshall 4989Fear Not 1917-11-26 Allen J. Holubar 2357Fighting Maid 1917-12-03 Edward J. Le Saint 2443The Silent Lady 1917-12-10 Elsie Jane Wilson 7250Beloved Jim 1917-12-17 Stuart Paton 528Bucking Broadway 1917-12-24 John Ford 973The High Sign 1917-12-31 Elmer Clifton 3564The Wolf and His Mate 1918-01-07 Edward J. Le Saint 9257Madame Spy 1918-01-21 Douglas Gerrard 4936A Kitchen Hero 1918-04-06 Allen Curtis 4388
See also Bluebird Photoplays
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