Madame Butterfly (1932 film)

Madame Butterfly is a 1932 American PreCode Paramount dramatic film by Marion Gering. It is based on the play by David Belasco which is based on the story by John Luther Long, and is 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 Puccinis opera Madama Butterfly, cinematography by David Abel, art direction by Ward Ihnen. It premiered on December 30, 1932.

Meanwhile, on board an American steamship due to arrive in Japan for several months stay, Lieutenant Barton Charles Ruggles convinces his friend Lieutenant Ben F. Pinkerton Cary Grant that once they arrive to skip the American Counsuls party and plan to enjoy themselves instead. Pinkerton looks at a photograph of a blonde woman inscribed to him from Adelaide and hides it in his clothing trunk.Back at Goros, Mrs. Goro prepares ChoCho San for another meeting with Yamadori by dressing her more elegantly. Meanwhile, Pinkerton and Barton enter Goros, and are greeted by geishas. They are seated and watch a performance of dancing and music played by the geishas, and begin to become intimate with them. Goro interrupts so Pinkerton wanders to a different room and, through a screen, sees a dancing silhouette. Entering further, he discovers ChoCho San practicing her dancing. Despite Goros admonishment, he is immediately enchanted with ChoCho San, who runs away to the garden in fear. Pinkerton catches up to her and they talk. ........

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