Madame Butterfly
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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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Cast
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Sylvia Sidney
Cho-cho San
Known for
Beetlejuice
Sabotage
Cary Grant
Lieutenant Pinkerton
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Charles Ruggles
Lieutenant Barton
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The Bullwinkle Show
Irving Pichel
Yamadori
Known for
Dracula's Daughter
Jezebel
Helen Jerome Eddy
Cho-cho San's Mother
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mata Hari
Edmund Breese
Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Known for
Duck Soup
All Quiet on the Western Front
Louise Carter
Suzuki
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Angel
Sándor Kállay
Goro
Judith Vosselli
Madame Goro
Also in
Inspiration
The Rogue Song
Sheila Terry
Adelaide
Also in
'Neath the Arizona Skies
The Lawless Frontier
Dorothy Libaire
Peach Blossom
Also in
Baby Take a Bow
Murder on a Honeymoon
Berton Churchill
Mr. Sharpless
Known for
Stagecoach
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Marion Gering Director · Josephine Lovett Screenplay Joseph Moncure March Screenplay
United States release December 30, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 23, 1932
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · December 30, 1932
Theatrical
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