Madame Butterfly
(1915) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Sidney Olcott

Cast: Mary Pickford [Cho-Cho-San], Olive West [Suzuki], Jane Hall [Adelaide], Lawrence Wood [Cho-Cho-San’s father], Caroline Harris [her father], M.W. Rale [the Nakado], W.T. Carleton (William T. Carleton) [the American consul], David Burton [the prince], Frank Dekum [naval officer], Marshall Neilan [Lieutenant Pinkerton], Caesare Gravina (Cesare Gravina) [the soothsayer]

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the novel Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long. Cinematography by Hal Young. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / © 8 November 1915 by Famous Players Film Company [LU6902]. Released 8 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2702.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm color-tinted nitrate positive].

Keywords: Japan - Japanese - Weddings

Listing updated: 4 September 2007.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2702; Eyman-Pickford p. 329; Tarbox-Lost p. 247 : Website-AFI; Website-Legacy.