Madame Butterfly (1915 film)

Madame Butterfly is a 1915 silent film directed by Sidney Olcott. The film is based upon a John Luther Long short story and the opera Madama Butterfly.

The film takes place in Japan in 1904. Lieutenant Pinkerton Marshall Neilan marries ChoChoSan Butterfly Mary Pickford, a 15yearold Japanese geisha. ChoChoSan is lucky with her new husband and takes the marriage very seriously. Pinkterton, however, regards it as entertainment. He is not in love with her and plans to break off the wedding in a month. The American Consul William T. Carleton begs him to break off the wedding as soon as possible, to avoid hurting her feelings. The lieutenant laughs him off.After Pinkerton forces ChoChoSan to end their wedding reception early, her disapproving family disowns her. When Pinkerton is ordered to return to America, he promises ChoChoSan he will return before he leaves. Three years go by. ChoChoSan, now a mother, still believes Pinkerton will return someday, while he is engaged to an American woman. He sends her a letter to announce he will marry another woman, but ChoChoSan cant read. ........

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