Drama

Madame Butterfly

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.

Release Date : 1932-12-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Cho-Cho San

Original Name : Sylvia Sidney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

Original Name : Cary Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Barton

Original Name : Charles Ruggles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yamadori

Original Name : Irving Pichel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cho-Cho's Mother

Original Name : Helen Jerome Eddy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cho-Cho's Grandfather

Original Name : Edmund Breese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suzuki

Original Name : Louise Carter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madame Goro

Original Name : Judith Vosselli

Gender : Female

Character Name : Goro

Original Name : Sándor Kállay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adelaide Pinkerton

Original Name : Sheila Terry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peach Blossom

Original Name : Dorothy Libaire

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Sharpless

Original Name : Berton Churchill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trouble

Original Name : Philip Horomato

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charita

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-14

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 divorced afterwards when he gets on with his life Stateside. "Pinkerton" isn't quite so nasty, but when assured that "Cho-Cho San" will also just get on with things too, then a night of fun and fancy ensues. His departing comments to the girl hearten/mislead her by saying he will be back before the robin builds it's next nest. Well a visit to the US consul after his sailing makes matters works for the girl as he tells her that happens in the US every three years. He meant well! It's around then that he returns to Japan with a new bride (Shiela Terry) with both completely oblivious to the fact that there is now also a child - "Suzuki". "Pinkerton" does want to go and see her but he is unaware that she has waited patiently for his return and, well, the story takes quite a tragic turn when truths are told. This is not the liveliest presentation of this story with the staccato accents not really helping; Grant doesn't really impose himself and the pacing is distinctly ponderous. That said, Sidney delivers a solid performance as a woman who readily elicits feelings of sympathy and pity as her life becomes subsumed in a dream of faux-expectations centred on a selfish and thoughtless man. It's all watchable enough, just not really that great.