The film would be remade under the original title rain in 1932, with joan crawford in the lead. Gloria swanson sadie thompson plays a san francisco hooker who travels to the south seas to escape her past. We again can thank dennis doros, joseph turrin, and kino video for protecting, reconstructing, and. Find sadie thompsons phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Swanson correctly maintained that the films silence was its greatest asset, for the churches and the hays office could not censor what they couldnt hear. Rooms are spacious and each with a lounge area, hot water, free wifi internet connection, cable tv, hair dryer, iron, refrigeratorcoffee. Sadie thompson linen 1sheet 1928 hollywood posters 3. Sadie thompson click to enlarge rated nr 1 hr 37 min 1928 drama. Note that there was an silent version of this movie in 1928 under the title sadie thompson, starring gloria swanson and lionel barrymore, and a sound version of this movie, under the title rain in 1932, and joan crawford, and walter huston.
Big screen sadie includes a brief bio of gloria swanson, a handful of swanson and raoul walsh stills, production stills from the 1928 film, a sample page from walshs scenario with handwritten notes, and a reproduction of an original herald for sadie thompson, with original print ads. Phil and the men are more enthusiastic about the arrival of the mail boat, which brings another passenger between ships, singer sadie thompson, who is headed to new caledonia. Sadie thompson is a 1928 american silent drama film that tells the story of a fallen woman who comes to pago pago on the island of tutuila to start a new life. This production exploited her and made her unattractive. View sadie thompsons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Swanson claimed that she was misled when she read the script. Sadie thompson is a 1928 american silent drama 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. George barnes kreeg een nominatie voor beste camerawerk. A young, beautiful prostitute named sadie thompson arrives on the south pacific island of pago pago looking for honest work, and falls for timothy ohara, an american sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. Sadie thompson is a wonderful, gripping, pulsatingly real, ripsnortin, alive film. Sadie thompson 1928 raoul walsh, william cameron menzies.
Somerset maugham short story miss thompson later retitled rain. Sadie she smokes by joe bataan disco video mix by glenn rivera duration. Oct 20, 2016 sadie thompson, 94, fargo passed away thursday, october 20, 2016 at rosewood on broadway, fargo. The names listed below are alumni who have been searched for on this site from sadie v thompson high schoolin natchez, mississippi. Following the success of sadie thompson, gloria began work on queen kelly, another controversial project which went on to become one of hollywoods most famous unfinished films. Sadie thompson is a 1928 american silent drama film that tells the story of a fallen. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover sadies.
Sadie thompson is a 1928 american silent drama 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. Sadie thompson, 94, fargo passed away thursday, october 20, 2016 at rosewood on broadway, fargo. Joseph kennedy father of the future president and attorney general helped to finance several projects, including sadie thompson, which went on to become a. The sadie thompson inn is a historic building in malaloa, one of the constituent villages of pago pago in american samoa. The short story was adapted into the play rain 1922 and was filmed as sadie thompson 1928. With lionel barrymore, blanche friderici, charles lane, florence midgley. Despite her seductive eyes and sexy profile, gloria swansons attempt at play acting a hardasknocks san francisco whore stranded in the south seas is thoroughly unconvincing. Join facebook to connect with sadie thompson and others you may know. However, you may download or print material from this web site for your personal, noncommercial use only.
The film stars gloria swanson, lionel barrymore, and raoul walsh, and is one of. Though the story is watered down due to the hays commission. Sadie thompson had the great raoul walsh as director and costar, but. Sadie thompson is among the finest dramatic achievements of the 1920s, and is a film that every classicsilent film enthusiast should have a copy of. The first was in 1928 s sadie thompson starring gloria swanson, and it was remade as rain in 1932 and had joan crawford in the leading role. If you really want to see sadie thompson fight the devil, go check out joan crawfords rendition of this same role four years later in 1932s rain youtube it. Film je producirala tada popularna hollywoodska glumica gloria swanson, koja je. Nearly as famous was sadie thompson 1928, for which walsh.
Unfortunately she catches the eye of an evangalist reformer, played by lionel barrymore, who when he isnt teaching the happygolucky natives what sinners they are, manages to worm his way into sadies soulmaking her believe her road to redemption lies in returning to san francisco. A young, beautiful prostitute named sadie thompson gloria swanson arrives on the south pacific island of pago pago looking for honest work, and falls for timothy ohara raoul walsh, an. The movie was also nominated for best cinematography but both the dp and swanson lost the oscars to janet gaynor and sunrise. If you see your name among the sadie v thompson high school graduates, someone is looking for you. Sadie thompson original, play, play with music, broadway opened in new york city nov 16, 1944 and played through jan 6, 1945. Sadie thompsons phone number, email, address spokeo. Sadie thompson gloria swanson lionel barrymore raoul walsh 1928 a religious fanatic lionel barrymore lusts for a wayward woman gloria swanson who loves a marine sergeant raoul walsh in the south seas. While phil and the men excitedly smuggle the gregarious sadie to bills bar in the village, davidson and macphail visit the missionary hospital. Somerset maughams story rain and in which he also starred as the rowdy sgt.
This site best viewed with mozilla firefox 23recommended or internet explorer 9 or greater. Note that this movie was filmed in hawaii on kauhi hanelei pier, lamahai beach, coco palms, kalapaks. Her first oscar nomination came for sadie thompson 1928 in the very first year of the oscars. Miss sadie thompson is a 1953 american 3d film starring rita hayworth, aldo ray and jose ferrer, and was released by columbia pictures. Raoul walsh, after a play based on the story rain by w. The building is noted as the guest house where from middecember 1916 author w.
Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to save sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of. Sadie thompson gloria swanson lionel barrymore raoul walsh 1928 a religious fanatic lionel barrymore lusts for a wayward woman gloria swanson who loves a.
Somerset maugham resided for six weeks during an extended trip through the south sea islands. Its believed to have been sent to england during the ww2 lendlease progam, never issued, and then sent back here after the war. Tim ohara, opposite gloria swanson in the title role. Sadie thompson, fictional character, the protagonist of the short story rain 1921 by w. Film je producirala tada popularna hollywoodska glumica gloria swanson, koja je takoder nastupila u naslovnoj ulozi. Swanson wasnt the only female superstar to play sadie. A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Sadie v thompson high school alumni from natchez, ms. Sadie thompson inn, the home of somerset maughams short story rain, is a 14 room downtown boutique hotel with arguably the best bar and restaurant in pago pago. Thompson is a lighthearted american prostitute who plies her trade in the south seas and causes the downfall of reverend mr. Sharing the same hotel in pago pago, a religious reformer lionel barrymore takes a dim.
The 1944 vernon dukehoward dietz musical, sadie thompson, has been preserved on a studio cast album featuring melissa errico, davis gaines and ron raines. Religious hypocrisy is the main theme of sadie thompson, based on a short story by w. This site best viewed with mozilla firefox 23recommended or. She married leon thompson on february 2, 1946 in napoleon, nd. Ive decided to sell my thompson smg and wanted to offer it here in the thompson community before going to the usual nfa boards. Sadie thompson proved to be a landmark of the silent era. Sadie thompson e tambem o ultimo trabalho do diretor walsh como ator, exceto por uma aparicao nao creditada na comedia musical its a great feeling. Sadie was born may 23, 1922 to thomas and margaret bowen in napoleon, north dakota where she grew up and attended school. Sadie thompson je americki crnobijeli nijemi film snimljen u reziji raoul walsha i premijerno prikazan 1928.
Sadie thompson is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 1928 onder regie van raoul walsh. Overview of sadie thompson, 1928, directed by raoul walsh, with gloria swanson, lionel barrymore, raoul walsh, at turner classic movies. Raoul walshs notorious silent feature 1928 was the first screen adaptation of somerset. The title story sadie thompson was filmed more than once, rita hayworth starring in the title role in one production, which was entitled rain. Perhaps its greatest achievement was the films uncompromising translation of somerset maughams controversial story of a san francisco prostitute and a south pacific reformer. Nearly as famous was sadie thompson 1928, for which walsh wrote the screenplay based on w.
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