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Title: Sadie Thompson (1928)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Lionel Barrymore | ... | Alfred Davidson | |
| Blanche Friderici | ... | Mrs. Alfred Davidson | |
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Charles Lane | ... | Dr. Angus McPhail |
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Florence Midgley | ... | Mrs. Angus McPhail |
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James A. Marcus | ... | Joe Horn, the trader |
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Sofia Ortega | ... | Ameena |
| Will Stanton | ... | Quartermaster Bates | |
| Raoul Walsh | ... | Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara | |
| Gloria Swanson | ... | Sadie Thompson | |
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Sadie Thompson arrives in Pago-Pago to start a new life, but when extremist missionary Davidson lashes out against her lifestyle and tries to force her back to San Francisco, she may lose her second chance. Written by Mike Myers <mmyers@ucsd.edu>
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san francisco california | pago pago | hypocrisy | on the run | u.s. marine |Taglines:
Base On the Stage Success "RAIN" See more »Genres:
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The musical version of Sadie Thompson opened at the Alvin Theater on November 16, 1944 and ran for 60 performances. See more »Goofs
At the beginning of the film, Mr. and Mrs. Davidson each write a quotation in the ship's autograph book. Their handwriting appears identical, revealing that neither actor actually wrote what is shown on screen. See more »Alternate Versions
The 1987 Kino International restored version has a music soundtrack composed and conducted by Joseph Turrin and runs 93 minutes. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Country:
USARelease Date:
7 January 1928 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$650,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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This was the first version of the W. Somerset Maugham novel "Rain," which was remade in 1932 by the original title and again in 1953 as "Miss Sadie Thompson." Gloria Swanson is amazing in the title role as a prostitute who becomes stranded on the remote Island of Pago Pago. She flirts with a soldier (Raoul Walsh, who was the director), then seduces a respected preacher played by Lionel Barrymore. This certainly can be called one of the "pre-code" films of the 1920s/1930s, before the Hays Code was in effect. For many years the final scenes were lost, so now the restored versions use still photos and new title cards to complete the picture.