

Madame Butterfly
1932-12-30 · 86 min · ★ 5.4
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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- Directors
- Marion Gering
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Sylvia SidneyCho-cho San
Cary GrantLieutenant Pinkerton
Charles RugglesLieutenant Barton
Irving PichelYamadori
Helen Jerome EddyCho-cho San's Mother
Edmund BreeseCho-cho San's Grandfather
Louise CarterSuzuki
Judith VosselliMadame Goro
Sheila TerryAdelaide
Dorothy LibairePeach Blossom
Berton ChurchillMr. Sharpless
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