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Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

DEC 30, 1932 · 86 MIN · DIR. MARION GERING

Drama

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.

Cast

  • Sylvia Sidney

    Sylvia Sidney

    Cho-cho San

  • Cary Grant

    Cary Grant

    Lieutenant Pinkerton

  • Charles Ruggles

    Charles Ruggles

    Lieutenant Barton

  • Irving Pichel

    Irving Pichel

    Yamadori

  • Helen Jerome Eddy

    Helen Jerome Eddy

    Cho-cho San's Mother

  • Edmund Breese

    Edmund Breese

    Cho-cho San's Grandfather

  • Louise Carter

    Louise Carter

    Suzuki

  • Sándor Kállay

    Goro

  • Judith Vosselli

    Judith Vosselli

    Madame Goro

  • Sheila Terry

    Sheila Terry

    Adelaide

  • Dorothy Libaire

    Dorothy Libaire

    Peach Blossom

  • Berton Churchill

    Berton Churchill

    Mr. Sharpless

Crew

Screenplay

Joseph Moncure March

Screenplay

Josephine Lovett

Story

John Luther Long

Director of Photography

David Abel

Editor

Jane Loring

Original Music Composer

W. Franke Harling

Producer

B.P. Schulberg