Cary Grant in "Madame Butterfly" (1932)
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2022
- At Goro's Tea House, Cho-Cho San (Sylvia Sidney) bids farewell to her mother (Helen Jerome Eddy) and grandfather (Edmund Breese), about to undergo training as a geisha in exchange for money that will support her family.
After her relatives leave, Madame Goro (Judith Vosselli) introduces Prince Yamadori (Irving Pichel), a prospective husband. Goro explains that Cho-Cho San is high-born and not yet used to the geisha life style.
Meanwhile, on board an American steamship en route to Japan, Lieutenant Barton (Charlie Ruggles) convinces his friend Lieutenant Ben F. Pinkerton (Cary Grant) that once they arrive to skip the American Counsul's party.
Pinkerton and Barton enter Goro's, and are greeted by geishas. They are seated and watch a performance of dancing and music. Pinkerton wanders to a different room and, through a screen, sees a dancing silhouette. Pinkerton is enchanted with Cho-Cho San, and they talk.
Yamadori comes to meet Cho-Cho San again. Goro pretends she is indisposed but a neighboring geisha reveals that she is with a naval officer. Infuriated, Yamadori vows never to set foot in Goro's house again. This makes Goro angry at Cho-Cho San.
Goro tells Pinkerton that Cho-Cho San was supposed to marry Yamadori. Barton tells him that "marriage" to Japanese is just a formality: when husbands desert, the geishas are automatically considered divorced. Realizing how easy the situation is, Pinkerton informs Goro of his intention to marry Cho-Cho San.
Cho-Cho San's relatives assemble at the couple's new house, and the marriage takes place as a tea ceremony. Pinkerton asks Barton to send the relatives away, while he gets to know Cho-Cho San better and shows her how to kiss.
Several days later, Pinkerton arrives home, where Cho-Cho San greets him with honors. With a serious face, she asks Pinkerton if he is in love with another woman. He denies it; she embraces him, happy again, but he maintains a serious face.
Several weeks later, Cho-Cho San happily receives Pinkerton and Barton. Pinkerton hasn't had the courage to tell Cho-Cho San that he's leaving the following day. Barton suggests they all have dinner at the hotel. While eating, the commander of the naval vessel visits the table, mentioning they are due to leave tomorrow. Cho-Cho San is taken aback. Returning home, Cho-Cho San is upset, so Pinkerton sings to her "My Flower Of Japan".
The following day, Pinkerton is leaving but asks Cho-Cho San not to see him off at the dock, and promises to come back in the spring.
The next spring, Butterfly happily holds her infant son.
In a house owned by Pinkerton and his fiancé, Adelaide (Sheila Terry), she mentions that ever since he's returned from Japan he has been different. He offers to tell her something that might upset her and she agrees.
In Cho-Cho San's home, her grandfather asks her to marry Yamadori, but Cho-Cho San explains that she and the entire house belong to Pinkerton. Angrily, her grandfather disowns her and asks that she never enter his house again.
Meanwhile, Pinkerton and his newly married wife Adelaide walk down the marriage aisle to the strains of Mendelssohn's music and rice being thrown by guests.
Back in Japan, Cho-Cho San goes to the American consul and asks about what has happened, and after she leaves, the consul sends a telegram to Pinkerton asking him to come.
Cho-Cho San goes to a temple to pray, and later sees a naval ship in the distance and is overjoyed at Pinkerton's imminent return, explaining it to her son.
At the ship dock, Pinkerton arrives with Barton and is met by Adelaide. Barton mentions that the Consul will be having a party that night, and Pinkerton thinks that's why he sent the telegram.
Cho-Cho San suggests to Suzuki (Louise Carter) that they surprise Pinkerton. They sit down by the window to watch for Pinkerton's approach. Dejected, she still believes Pinkerton will come, despite Suzuki's warnings that "men always forget."
In their hotel room, Pinkerton explains the situation to his Adelaide. She suggests that once he talks with Cho-Cho San, all will be cleared up. He asks her to accompany him.
Pinkerton and Adelaide arrive at Cho-Cho San's house. He explains that he must leave soon and is never coming back. In tears, she bids him goodbye. Crying, she tells Suzuki to take Trouble to his grandfather, who will raise Trouble "in the ways of his ancestors." She tells Suzuki she will follow after she prays. As she prays, she unsheathes a knife, and stabs herself. Her dying words are "I love you for always."
A 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering, based on David Belasco's play and the story by John Luther Long, adapted for the screen by Josephine Lovett and Joseph Moncure March, cinematography by David Abel, art direction by Ward Ihnen, starring Cary Grant, Sylvia Sidney, Charlie Ruggles, and Irving Pichel. Music is credited to W. Franke Harling (although much of it is an adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly). - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Oh how I cried at the end of this movie!❤️
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Butterfly. Butterfly. Butterfly.
Me too 😢😢😢😢
Cary Grant the best forewer
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Puccini, my favorite opera composer. Thrived on different cultures. Turandot, Chinese, Madam Butterfly, Japanese, French, Manon Lescaut, and the great Fanciulla del West about the Colorado gold miners.
I'll tell you a true story. After directing "Crimes of Passion" for me, Ken Russell staged "Madame Butterfly" for an Opera House in Texas. I flew down for the opening night. To celebrate, Ken had me take him to a Texas strip club where, I kid you not, I stripper did a handstand in front of him and there, in his face, was a tattoo of a butterfly!
Pucini should've stayed in his lane
In fact he was very well known for thoroughly ! researching the sites and cultures of what he depicted. These worms just excreting Anti-White drivel: back to your holes where we put you in school days.
Well said
My favorite, too.
Hard to believe she was in the film, BEETLEJUICE.
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Will love to watch ❤❤❤
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Great movie. Attitudes change. Divorce is okay. It wasn't here, before 1973 - even if one spouse was getting thrashed.
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The correct answer when he asked his American wife to come along when he told Choo Choo San would be to say "no"
"Although it might make it easier on you if I was there, I am sure that it would make it all the more painful and difficult for her. This is a stuation you two entered in together. You must go and tell her alone."
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The Broadway show Miss Saigon is derived from this story.
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That was the custom back
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Maravilhoso esse clássico c Cary grant 👏
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Cary Grant is such a charmer ❤
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IDK he was kind of a dbag in this movie
@@antisoros369okay and? It's just a movie
@@aintnothingliketheoldskool Life is just a movie
@@antisoros369. Still gorgeous ❤
Wow, great acting, but if this movie doesn’t make you a man hater, what will? I wish she would have shown the cheat father his son. I am really hurt and upset.Tragic indeed - and all she did was love, respect and adore him with every fiber in her body. I hope he found out the whole story and never had a moments peace since. Sorry, I’m very emotional (empath), and really felt her pain and totally identified with her😭.
As much as I adore Cary Grant this actually made me almost hate his character!
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Very sad indeed , for all the children that were born because of things like that , it may be in her own country and she lost her honor .
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😢😢😢😢😅😅
De ewz dem
Too bad there’s no music from this operetta. One of my favorites as an operetta.
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Opera. Puccini wrote it as an opera, sung throughout. Operetta has spoken dialog. But by the way, the music played at the opening credits is actually the first music in the opera.
Stranger thing is, had she married the other guy, she would have known his adultery was to be accepted as is their culture...
But at least he would have otherwise still be her husband and home when not home 🙄
Little known fact: original working title for this movie was "Madame Metamorphosis".
However, preview audiences took offense to the scientific approach, so it was dumbed down.
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You could also say: the audience preferred the poetic approach of the original title!
How many movies did Cary Grant make in 1932? A lot.
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Seven.
Tragic consequences of misunderstanding of cultural tradition s east vs west.
Both parties loved and acted in thier version of honour.
Sadly american diplomacy ooerates still in that ignorant manner if different cultures
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I really enjoyed this. So great to see Grant's and Miss Sidney's lesser known films finally coming to light! Can you post Ladies Will Listen?
Welcome. I think you're referring to "Ladies Should Listen" (1934). That film will not enter the public domain until the year 2030. If I am still doing this then, I will.
Emotional love story 😢
From a historical viewpoint very interesting 🤨 but
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Men and women marry. How can such wickedness just become so acceptable. You marry to be honourable. 🇬🇧 1:23:09
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I’ve always enjoy Cary Grants movies. But this movie proves how truly shallow a human being can be. While it is only a movie, it does bring A lot of reality to how we should not treat another human. Personally I would have had more respect for any actor if they would have turned this part down.
That's done every day over there. Just so the man can lay with her in good conscience.
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DB, can you download ‘Suzy’; Blonde Venus, Woman Accused, all from 1932 ? Thanks.
If only the quality would have been better I am sure I would have enjoyed it. This way it was hard the sound and the picture so bad. It is beautiful but I could not really get into it hardly understanding many times what they were saying.
They had some dreadful traditions back then 😢😢😢
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We have some dreadful traditions right now.
It happens every day. Never stopped.
Sylvia Sidney gets thrown under the bus here…
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Suzuki, Sharpless.
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Tragic story, American ways are short lived. No honor. We are a very weak people which is the reason our country will not stand. We live for the moment and a very selfish moment it is. 😢
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Speak for yourself. There are millions of proud Americans, warts and all. And every country has warts.
Is that you, Mao?
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@@janoirmoon5099 Ha! Welcome.
sin subtitulos
So sad 😢
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What a horrible movie. Im sorry i watched it......i am 71 years old but i would have hated itbwhen i was 10 years old.
Anyway thank you. My fault for watching
It was painful to watch, Mary, but perhaps it was important to say? It gave dignity and honour to the Japanese woman; not to the handsome, American lieutenant. There are many lessons in this film. Painful, painful lessons. God bless you, dear. I am sorry you suffered, as I did. Perhaps our age does have a feature in this. If not the age, then the generations. When my mother and I talk we often fail to understand the brutality our country has sunk to. Perhaps this is a story that needed to be told.
Dear Mary, it's in fact a very famous opera...with a famous ending. It's indeed unfortunate that the tragedy of the storyline came as a surprise to you...
Puccini adapted it from a short story first published in 1897. In that original story by Long, she merely attempts suicide but the sight and sound of the baby restores her senses. She dresses her wound and she the maid and baby make their escape from Pinkerton and his wife, who want to adopt the baby. The opera first appeared in 1904, and was updated to a mid 20th century setting later on. The music from Puccini's Opera contains the "humming chorus", which is very beautiful, quite soothing to the spirit.
So why " share"? You're " trying to get a' thrill'. HARD 😂
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What a total disgrace. She was honourable, and he has brought dishonour on God.
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@@DonaldPBorchersOG It isn't to say that the movie wasn't made well, or that I'm not thankful for it being uploaded. But that storyline wasn't nice.
@@Holy_Moley Roger that.
they cast a real asian baby but not an asian woman. boring
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Totally disgraceful!!!!
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this was made in 1932 and maybe back then it was for pure entertainment but now in 2023 there are a lot of details here that are wrong, offensive, disrespectful and inappropriate.
like what?
Like WHAT ?
yes, i don't know much about Japanese culture, especially in the time this was made. So I'm curious. @@gregorypalmer5403
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@@JasmineLajeunessethis goes on every day over there. Just so the man feels better about buying sex.
There are documentaries about it. Or at least one. I watched it a few months ago somewhere.
What a horrible, horrible film. Why put out a film about a well respected American lieutenant, using an innocent Japanese girl, lying to her, marrying her, showing her gentle, trusting love, including having sex with her, and promising marriage forever, go and marry someone else? Why would he think she would forget him and marry someone else after he left, when he had told her he would come back and always be married to her until death, whether in Japan it America? How terrible. In her mind, she saw the only way out was to kill herself. Cary Grant represented a cream in this movie. That's all I can say.
But you're not offrnded by the filth today. Hypocrite!
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very very peda movie 👎💯👎👎
How disgraceful🙁
Yup.
On so many levels
I agree.
I really hope Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon get boycotted. These racist stereotypes of asian women are harmful
@@Atemourisando you not know the story? It was not a woman.
💔 In a relationship that ends in a broken heart there is one who is more culpable than the other. Pinkerton chose to be misguided by his idiot friend.