Movie · 1932
Madame Butterfly
Released 30 December 1932 86 min Drama More from 1932 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Edmund Breese
as Cho-cho San's Grandfather
Louise Carter
as Suzuki
Berton Churchill
as Mr. Sharpless
Charles Ruggles
as Lieutenant Barton
Irving Pichel
as Yamadori
Judith Vosselli
as Madame Goro
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Cho-cho San's Mother
Cary Grant
as Lieutenant Pinkerton
Dorothy Libaire
as Peach Blossom
Sylvia Sidney
as Cho-cho San
Sheila Terry
as Adelaide
Charita
as (uncredited)
Sándor Kállay
as Goro
Philip Horomato
as Trouble
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The numbers
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Edmund Breese — oldest on the call sheet
21Charita — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast