An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.
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Title: My Geisha (1962)
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| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori | |
| Yves Montand | ... | Paul Robaix | |
| Edward G. Robinson | ... | Sam Lewis | |
| Robert Cummings | ... | Bob Moore | |
| Yôko Tani | ... | Kazumi Ito | |
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Tatsuo Saitô | ... | Kenichi Takata |
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Tamae Kiyokawa | ... | Amatsu Hisako (as Tamae Kyokawa) |
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Ichirô Hayakawa | ... | Hisako |
| Alex Gerry | ... | Leonard Lewis | |
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Tsugundo Maki | ... | Shiga |
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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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Country:
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February 1962 (Austria) See more »Also Known As:
Mi dulce Geisha See more »Company Credits
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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
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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 »Goofs
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 »Soundtracks
MADAMA BUTTERFLYSequences
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
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Most of this movie is a regular romantic comedy with some excellent stars. But the end of the movie, where Shirley plays the death scene from Madam Butterfly, will make you weep. I first saw this when I was in the military, and had never seen Madam Butterfly. After seeing this movie, I went to the opera to see the full opera, and it has become my favorite. Having seen the death scene many times in my life, Shirley's performance still ranks up there with the best.