Madame Butterfly

1932 PG-13 1h 26m

5.4 / 10 20

RATING

5.4/10

YOUR RATING

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.

Director Marion Gering

Writers

David Belasco Joseph Moncure March John Luther Long

Stars

Sylvia Sidney Cary Grant Charles Ruggles

Sylvia Sidney

Cho-Cho San

Cary Grant

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

Cho-Cho's Grandfather

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Geronimo1967 14 Jul 2024

6/10

Don't go looking for much Puccini in this adaptation of the rather sad tale of "Madame Butterfly". Sylvia Sidney picks up the fan as the young geisha girl who encounters American sailor "Pinkerton" (Cary Grant) after the war. Rather cynically, his pal "Barton" (Charles Ruggles) informs him that he can pretty much have his way with the girl so long as he "marries" her beforehand and then she automa...