Madame Butterfly (1932)

Directed by

Marion Gering

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Japanese woman marries an American naval officer who leaves her, promising to return. She waits faithfully for years, raising their child alone, as he starts a new life in America.

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What happens

Madame Butterfly is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering, based on David Belasco's play and the story by John Luther Long. It was adapted by Josephine Lovett and Joseph Moncure March. It stars Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney. Music is credited to W. Franke Harling (although much of it is an adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly), cinematography by David Abel, art direction by Ward Ihnen. It premiered on December 30, 1932. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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