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Sadie Thompson is a 1928 American silent drama film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco.
Sadie Thompson: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley. A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.
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- Drama
- Raoul Walsh
- 1928-01-07
Miss Sadie Thompson is a 1953 3-D American musical romantic drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, and Aldo Ray. The film was released by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain").
Rain is a 1932 pre-Code drama film that stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson. Directed by Lewis Milestone and set in the South Seas, the production was filmed in part at Santa Catalina Island and what is now Crystal Cove State Park in California.
Sadie Thompson began shooting in June 1927 at the United Artists Studios on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. Rather than spend thousands to go on location to Pago Pago, the company shot the South Seas locations at nearby Catalina Island.
- Raoul Walsh, William Tummel
- Gloria Swanson
Feb 20, 2001 · Gloria Swanson (Sadie Thompson) plays a San Francisco hooker who travels to the South Seas to escape her past. Unfortunately she catches the eye of an Evangalist Reformer, played by Lionel Barrymore, who when he isn't teaching the happy-go-lucky natives what sinners they are, manages to worm his way into Sadies' soul-making her believe her Road ...
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Sep 10, 2012 · Sadie, a prostitute escaping prosecution in San Francisco, lands up on a South Pacific island where she finds a sympathetic sailor lover (played by Walsh himself), but is threatened with ...
