My Geisha: Suite (1961)

Movements
1. Prelude
2. Work Montage and Wedding
3. Goodbye Love (Finale)

Note
Franz Waxman returned to Paramount Pictures to compose the score for Steve Parker’s production of My Geisha, a Norman Krasna comedy directed by Jack Cardiff. The movie’s plot concerns a director (Yves Montand) who makes a film of Madama Butterfly in Japan. His wife (Shirley MacLaine) disguises herself as a geisha and gets the leading role — without her husband’s knowledge — through the help of Edward G. Robertson, and more attention than she needs from Robert Cummings. Waxman’s theme “You Are Sympathy to Me” was a popular recording at the time of the film’s release.