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!
Plot Summary
Sadie Thompson arrives in Pago-Pago to start a new life, but when extremist missionary Davidson lashes...
Run Time
USA:91 min (reconstructed version), USA:97 min (original version)
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Genre
Drama
Keyword
South Seas, Religion, Reformer, Seduction, Suicide
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Genre
Romance
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Psychological Drama
Themes
Prostitutes, Americans Abroad
Tones
Lurid, Tense, Racy
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3
Count - Awards
2
Wikipedia Text
Sadie Thompson (1928) is an American silent film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Raoul Walsh, and was one of Swanson's better known silent films. The making of the film was extremely controversial. However, it was a financial and critical success for Swanson, one of her last. The film was based on the short story "Rain" by author W. Somerset Maugham and the 1923 play of the same name by John Colton and Clemence Randolph.
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