Madame Butterfly (1932)

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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Directed by

Marion Gering

Cast

• Sylvia Sidney as Cho-cho San
• Cary Grant as Lieutenant Pinkerton
• Charles Ruggles as Lieutenant Barton
• Irving Pichel as Yamadori
• Helen Jerome Eddy as Cho-cho San's Mother
• Edmund Breese as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
• Louise Carter as Suzuki
• Sándor Kállay as Goro
• Judith Vosselli as Madame Goro
• Sheila Terry as Adelaide
• Dorothy Libaire as Peach Blossom
• Berton Churchill as Mr. Sharpless

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