Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly (1932)

30/12/1932
Drama
1h 26m

Overview

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.

  • Marion GeringDirector
  • Joseph Moncure MarchScreenplay
  • Josephine LovettScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • suicide
  • geisha
  • based on play or musical
  • promise
  • interracial romance
  • cultural difference
  • black and white
  • pre-code
  • yellowface

Top Billed Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Cho-Cho San

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Lieutenant Barton

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel

Yamadori

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Cho-Cho's Mother

Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Louise Carter

Louise Carter

Suzuki

Judith Vosselli

Judith Vosselli

Madame Goro

Sándor Kállay

Goro

Sheila Terry

Sheila Terry

Adelaide Pinkerton

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