SCREEN’S SHORTEST ROLE
r pilE thrill of a lifetime came to 1 Minoru Nesheda, one of the leading Japanese actors in America, when he was cast to play the role of Clio Clio San’s father in “Madame Butterfly.” He reported to the Paramount studios, was interviewed by Director Marion Gering, and outfitted in 'imported garments at the wardrobe. Back on the set where Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant and Charlie Ruggles were working, a special photograph gallery was set up, and he was shot by the still man in a dozen poses. "When do I start work in the picture?” he then asked. “You don’t start.” was the reply. “Clio Cho San’s father never appears in the story. But we needed photographs of him.” Nesheda departed with bis pay cheque, having enacted one of the shortest and strangest roles in screen history.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 105, 27 January 1933, Page 14
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