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Madame Butterfly

5.4(22)19321h 26m1

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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Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • suicide
  • geisha
  • based on play or musical
  • promise
  • interracial romance
  • cultural difference
  • black and white
  • pre-code
  • yellowface

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York City, New York23 Dec 1932
    • Theatrical30 Dec 1932

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Madame Butterfly was released on 30 December 1932.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/14/2024

    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 automatically becomes divo…

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