

Madame Butterfly
1932 · Movie · 1h 26m
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6/10
Key crew
- Marion GeringDirector
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph Moncure MarchScreenplay
- Josephine LovettScreenplay
Cast
- Sylvia SidneyCho-Cho San
- Cary GrantLieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
- Charles RugglesLieutenant Barton
- Irving PichelYamadori
- Helen Jerome EddyCho-Cho's Mother
- Edmund BreeseCho-Cho's Grandfather
- Louise CarterSuzuki
- Judith VosselliMadame Goro
- Sándor KállayGoro
- Sheila TerryAdelaide Pinkerton
- Dorothy LibairePeach Blossom
- Berton ChurchillMr. Sharpless
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Themes
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