My Geisha

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My Geisha

Release Date: March 09, 1962

Year	:	1962
Slogan	:	«It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!»
Genres	:	Comedy, Romance
Production Companies	:	Sachiko, Paramount
Director	:	Jack Cardiff
Producers	:	Harry Caplan, Steve Parker
Writers	:	Norman Krasna, Norman Krasna
RunTime	:	119 mins.

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...