Madame Butterfly (1932)
30/12/1932
Drama
1h 26m
- 55% (18 votes)
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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
Cho-Cho San
Cary Grant
Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Charles Ruggles
Lieutenant Barton
Irving Pichel
Yamadori
Helen Jerome Eddy
Cho-Cho's Mother
Edmund Breese
Cho-Cho's Grandfather
Louise Carter
Suzuki
Judith Vosselli
Madame Goro
Sándor Kállay
Goro
Sheila Terry
Adelaide Pinkerton
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