My Geisha (1962)

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119 min - Comedy - February 1962 (Austria)

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Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly... See full summary »

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Complete credited cast:
	Shirley MacLaine	...	Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
	Yves Montand	...	Paul Robaix
	Edward G. Robinson	...	Sam Lewis
	Robert Cummings	...	Bob Moore
	Yoko Tani	...	Kazumi Ito
	Tatsuo Saitô	...	Kenichi Takata
	Tamae Kyokawa	...	Amatsu Hisako
	Ichirô Hayakawa	...	Hisako
	Alex Gerry	...	Leonard Lewis
	Tsugundo Maki	...	Shiga
	George Furness	...	George (Robaix's butler)

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Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly, but he doesn't want his wife to play the leading part, as in his previous pictures. Producer Sam Lewis and Lucy Dell think up a scheme to get her in the picture after all. Lucy disguises as a Geisha, and gets the leading part in the picture. When Robaix finds out he gets so mad, he wants to divorce Lucy... Written by Christian Siemons <siemons@bigfoot.com>

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It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious! See more »

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USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Release Date:

February 1962 (Austria) See more »

Also Known As:

Ma geisha See more »

Filming Locations:

Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan See more »

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Paramount Pictures, Sachiko See more »

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Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Color (Technicolor)

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2.35 : 1

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Trivia

Shu Uemura took over the makeup for MacLaine's Geisha role after Michael Westmore fell ill. The international recognition Uemura received for his work enabled him to launch his own cosmetics company. See more »

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Factual errors: A huge premiere is planned for the movie Lucy is working on mere days after the final scene is shot; in reality, a major film of the magnitude she's starring in would take months for editing and other post-production work. See more »

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Kazumi Ito: No one before you, my husband, not even I.
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Referenced in Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) See more »

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"MADAMA BUTTERFLY"
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Written by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Performed by Shirley MacLaine (dubbed by Michiku Sunahara) and Robert Cummings (dubbed by Barry Morell)
Conducted by Franz Waxman See more »

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