Madame Butterfly (1932)
86 min
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.
- Release date
- December 30, 1932
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Sylvia Sidney as Cho-Cho San
- Cary Grant as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
- Charles Ruggles as Lt. Barton
- Irving Pichel as Yomadori
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Cho-Cho's mother
- Edmund Breese as Cho-Cho's grandfather
- Louise Carter as Suzuki
- Sándor Kállay as Goro
- Judith Vosselli as Madame Goro
- Sheila Terry as Mrs. Pinkerton
Crew
- Marion Gering · Director
- David Belasco · Writer
- John Luther Long · Writer
- Josephine Lovett · Writer
- Joseph Moncure March · Writer
- B.P. Schulberg · Producer
- W. Franke Harling · Composer
- David Abel · Cinematographer