My Geisha (1962)

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actresscomedienne 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