Though the story is watered down due to the hays commission. For the 1953 version entitled miss sadie thompson, columbia cast rita hayworth in the title role and they couldnt have picked a better star. Sadie thompson original, play, play with music, broadway opened in new york city nov 16, 1944 and played through jan 6, 1945. 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. Gloria swanson sadie thompson plays a san francisco hooker who travels to the south seas to escape her past. In 1925, at the age of 26, gloria swanson joined united artists ua and set up her own production company. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Find sadie thompsons phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. The film would be remade under the original title rain in 1932, with joan crawford in the lead. The movie was also nominated for best cinematography but both the dp and swanson lost the oscars to janet gaynor and sunrise. Rita hayworth miss sadie thompson releases discogs. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning. Amazing cigarette kiss from sadie thompson 1928 youtube.
Its as simple as hitting youtube and searching a movies title. The sadie thompson inn is a historic building in malaloa, one of the constituent villages of pago pago in american samoa. Sadie thompson 1928 raoul walsh, william cameron menzies. Somerset maugham short story miss thompson later retitled rain.
Sadie thompson proved to be a landmark of the silent era. Nearly as famous was sadie thompson 1928, for which walsh. 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. Beloved mother and grandmother, sadie alice mills, passed away peacefully on april 8th in sedalia, mo, at sylvia g. Her first oscar nomination came for sadie thompson 1928 in the very first year of the oscars. Somerset and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Perhaps its greatest achievement was the films uncompromising translation of somerset maughams controversial story of a san francisco prostitute and a south pacific reformer. 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. Sadie thompson je americki crnobijeli nijemi film snimljen u reziji raoul walsha i premijerno prikazan 1928. Somerset maugham resided for six weeks during an extended trip through the south sea islands. Videos for miss sadie thompson turner classic movies.
Amazing cigarette kiss from sadie thompson 1928 youtube 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. Join facebook to connect with sadie ann thompson and others you may know. Join facebook to connect with sadie thompson and others you may know. Sadie thompson 1928 and rain 1932 carensclassiccinema. Sadie thompson della, 78 columbus, oh has court or arrest. 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.
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. Entire film on youtube last reel reconstructed with stills in 1987. Perhaps, its greatest achievement was the films uncompromising translation of maughams controversial story of a san francisco prostitute and a south pacific reformer. Raoul walsh 3838 d32191 undel 15 31186 a list of 32 titles. Sadie thompson is 78 years old and was born on 011942. The 1944 vernon dukehoward dietz musical, sadie thompson, has been preserved on a studio cast album featuring melissa errico, davis gaines and ron raines. Sadie thompsons phone number, email, address spokeo. Sadie thompson arrives in pagopago 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. Ed thompson is a voice actor who lives and works out of omahacouncil bluffs and for more than 30 years, has lent his voice to countless radio and television commercials, telephone messaging, video narrations, and more.
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. Thompson is a lighthearted american prostitute who plies her trade in the south seas and causes the downfall of reverend mr. A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of. She received much advice from joe schenck who also was the uncredited executive producer of rain. After living and working in new york for two years, she moved back to. 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. Tim ohara, opposite gloria swanson in the title role. With lionel barrymore, blanche friderici, charles lane, florence midgley. Sadie thompson, fictional character, the protagonist of the short story rain 1921 by w. The film stars gloria swanson, lionel barrymore, and raoul walsh, and is one of swansons most successful films. Sadie thompson is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 1928 onder regie van raoul walsh. The names listed below are alumni who have been searched for on this site from sadie v thompsonin natchez, mississippi. Overview of sadie thompson, 1928, directed by raoul walsh, with gloria swanson, lionel barrymore, raoul walsh, at turner classic movies.
The building is noted as the guest house where from middecember 1916 author w. See all related articles create a list related lists from imdb users. She taught school in kansas city, she was cold and rather drab so, at all the local parties, she was not the one theyd grab but she read a book and then came the. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Somerset maughams story rain and in which he also starred as the rowdy sgt. Religious hypocrisy is the main theme of sadie thompson, based on a short story by w. 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. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Had the sole surviving print of sadie thompson 1928 continued languishing in mary pickfords private archive, we would have no living record of the extraordinary picture that swanson and walsh recalled more than a halfcentury later. This page is for the friends, family and alumni of sadie v thompson high school in natchez. Swanson wasnt the only female superstar to play sadie.
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