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Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

Dec 30, 1932 1h 26m
5.5
18 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Madame Butterfly
Companies Paramount Pictures
Countries United States of America
Keywords suicide, geisha, based on play or musical, promise, interracial romance, cultural difference, black and white, pre-code
Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Cho-Cho San
Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Lieutenant Barton
Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Cho-Cho's Mother
Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Cho-Cho's Grandfather
Sheila Terry

Sheila Terry

Adelaide Pinkerton
Dorothy Libaire

Dorothy Libaire

Peach Blossom
Berton Churchill

Berton Churchill

Mr. Sharpless