Madame Butterfly (1915)
The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.
- Date of release
- 1915-11-07
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sidney Olcott
Casting
- Mary Pickford — Cho-Cho-San
- Marshall Neilan — Lt. Pinkerton
- Olive West — Suzuki
- Jane Hall — Adelaide
- Lawrence Wood — Cho-Cho-San's Father
- Caroline Harris — Cho-Cho-San's Mother
- M.W. Rale — The Nakodo
- William T. Carleton — The American Consul
- David Burton — The Prince
- Cesare Gravina — The Soothsayer
- Frank Dekum — Naval Officer
Interesting facts
Madame Butterfly is a 1915 silent film directed by Sidney Olcott. The film is based on the 1898 short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long and the opera Madama Butterfly.
Production
Reportedly, leading actress Mary Pickford fought constantly with Sidney Olcott about the character. Olcott wanted Pickford to be more reserved and thought she was "too Americanized to play a Japanese".
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