Thelma Todd sang a song dressed as the "Butterfly Girl" in CHEATING BLONDES.
Along with a few fellow Butterfly Girls in the chorus.
Butterfly costumes have been worn by other girls in show business.
A showgirl in an extravagant butterfly costume from Folies Bergère, Paris, 1909
Vintage Butterfly Showgirl art.
A more recent variation by Dita Von Tease.
And from the world of cartoons, Butterfly Betty Boop.
Vaguely related to all this was the gown with a butterfly on it that Sally Eilers wore in the seduction scene in STATE FAIR ( 1933 ).
CHEATING BLONDES:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/10/cheating-blondes.html
Sally Eilers:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2014/01/sally-eilers.html
STATE FAIR:
http://cinema-fanatic.com/2012/08/20/oscar-vault-monday-state-fair-1933-dir-henry-king/
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