Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

1932
1h 26m
5.4

5.4/10

22 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

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

Quick Facts

Release Date December 30, 1932
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0023169

Cast

Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney

Cho-cho San

Cary Grant
Cary Grant

Lieutenant Pinkerton

Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles

Lieutenant Barton

Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel

Yamadori

Helen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy

Cho-cho San's Mother

Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese

Cho-cho San's Grandfather

Louise Carter
Louise Carter

Suzuki

Sándor Kállay
Sándor Kállay

Goro

Judith Vosselli
Judith Vosselli

Madame Goro

Sheila Terry
Sheila Terry

Adelaide

Dorothy Libaire
Dorothy Libaire

Peach Blossom

Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill

Mr. Sharpless

Key Crew

Marion Gering
Director
B.P. Schulberg
Producer
Joseph Moncure March
Screenplay
Josephine Lovett
Screenplay