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Director:
Writers:
W. Somerset Maugham (story)
Raoul Walsh (adaptation)
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Release Date:
7 January 1928 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Sadie could storm any barrack she attacked! Magnetism had never been heard of until she hit town! What a woman! You'll say so, too! more
Plot:
Sadie Thompson arrives in Pago-Pago to start a new life, but when extremist missionary Davidson lashes... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
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Stunning Swanson! more (11 total)

Cast

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Lionel Barrymore ... Alfred Davidson
Blanche Friderici ... Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Charles Lane ... Dr. Angus McPhail
Florence Midgley ... Mrs. Angus McPhail
James A. Marcus ... Joe Horn, the trader
Sophia Artega ... Ameena
Will Stanton ... Quartermaster Bates
Raoul Walsh ... Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara

Gloria Swanson ... Sadie Thompson
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Runtime:
USA:91 min (reconstructed version) | USA:97 min (original version)
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1.33 : 1 more
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The play, written by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, opened on Broadway in New York City, New York on 7 November 1922 and had 256 performance with Jeanne Eagels as Sadie. There were 2 New York revivals, the last in 1935 with Tallulah Bankhead as Sadie. more
Quotes:
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara: Where do you hail from Sadie?
Sadie Thompson: San Francisco.
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara: That's funny - - my best pal married a girl from San Francisco.
Sadie Thompson: What part of San Francisco?
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara: Where they hang out the red lanterns.
Sadie Thompson: [thoughtfully] Are they happy?
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara: Sure! 'Sfunny but them that kicks the highest often settles down the hardest.
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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Stunning Swanson!, 6 June 1999
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Author: David Atfield (bits@alphalink.com.au) from Canberra, Australia

What a performance - Swanson bursts out of the screen, as Somerset Maugham's prostitute heroine trapped on a tropical island with a crusading parson and a sexy sergeant. And Lionel Barrymore as the parson and the director Raoul Walsh as the sergeant are her match. This is silent acting at its best.

Yes the piece is a little stagey and the action too confined for a silent picture, but when the photography is as brilliant as it is here - who cares? It deservedly won the first ever Oscar for cinematography.

This is a passionate and beautiful production. What a tragedy that the last few minutes have been lost. They have been reconstructed using titles and stills - but how I would have loved to have seen the scene when Barrymore rapes Swanson. It must have been breathtaking. Don't miss this film.

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