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"During an outbreak of cholera Sadie Thompson, a sexy siren, is stranded in Pago Pago with U.S. Marines and a zealous missionary."@en
"Stranded passengers in Pago Pago during an epidemic include a prostitute and a missionary who lusts after her. Early talkie version of a much filmed story. Other versions include: Sadie Thompson (1928) with Gloria Swanson and Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)."@en
"This was the second film version of the play based on a Somerset Maugham story about the twisted relationship that develops between a prostitute stranded on the island of Pago Pago and a fire-and-brimstone preacher. Her spiritual conversion and his guilty surrender to lust become in the words of Molly Haskell 'one of the heady erotic encounters that only the pre-code thirties could produce'. Received poorly at the time Crawford's performance now seems one of her most appealing, striking sparks off Huston's more subtle performance in what is very much a theatrical two actor piece."@en
"Thirteen-year-old Janey and her family settle into their isolated cottage for another perfect seaside holiday. Her days are full of swimming and fishing. At night her parents give parties where the adults drink, dance and flirt. Janey is increasingly aware of the cracks in her parents' marriage. Watching her mother begin an affair with a visiting photographer, she starts to discover her own sexuality."@en
"Sadie Thompson is a prostitute quarantined with other passengers on Pago Pago Island. While she gets along with American military stationed there, the missionaries Davidson make her life miserable. The Reverend Davidson finally forces Sadie to repent, then rapes her, then commits suicide. Sadie is then able to accept Sergeant O'Hara's genuine love for her."@en
"The tragedy of a handful of human beings thrown together during a monsoon in Pago Pago. Rain dissects the elemental nature of tyranny under the guise of religious fervor. When a fanatical missionary and his equally zealous wife are marooned in a hut with a former prostitute during a week-long tropical storm, the conflict swells to explosive proportions--frightening in its intensity and realism."@en
"Sadie Thompson, a South Seas island trollop, is confronted by an old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone minister whose lust for her masquerades as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, the minister ultimately cuts his throat and a disillusioned Sadie returns to her former ways."@en
"The story of a fallen woman redeemed by the love of a self-destructive, fire and brimstone missionary on a remote South Seas island."
"Crawford stars as Miss Sadie Thompson, the legendary fallen woman redeemed by the love of a self-destructive, fire and brimstone missionary on a remote South Seas Island."@en
"An epidemic in Pago Pago throws a diverse mix of travellers together, including a golden-hearted prostitute, Miss Sadie Thompson, and Reverend Davidson, the missionary who saves her, but only at high cost to himself."
"The saga of a prostitute, Sadie Thompson, who finds herself marooned on the tropical island of Pago Pago with a platoon of Marines and a missionary, Reverend Davidson. When a monsoon traps them for a week, the pent-up passions of Sadie and her self-appointed savior explode in an adult conflict of wills. (Does not circulate)."
"The unforgettable tragedy of a handful of human beings thrown together during a monsoon in Pago Pago. Rain dissects the elemental nature of tyranny under the guise of religious fervor. When a fanatical missionary and his equally zealous wife are marooned in a hut with a former prostitute during a week-long tropical storm, the conflict swells to explosive proportions--frightening in its intensity and realism."@en
"Joan Crawford was a little scared of her role in Rain (1932), adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's "Miss Thompson" featuring comparisons with earlier Sadie Thompsons such as Gloria Swanson."
"Feature film from the USA. Screen adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham story. A group of passengers - including a prostitute, marines and missionaries - is stranded on Pago Pago, US Samoa, during a Cholera epidemic."
"A puritanical missionary attempts to reclaim Miss Sadie Thompson, a "fallen woman" on a remote South Seas island."
"A puritanical missionary attempts to reclaim Miss Sadie Thompson, a "fallen woman" on a remote South Seas island."@en
""Joan Crawford and Walter Huston turn in stellar performances in Somerset Maugham's tale of a bigoted minister trying to set a "lost woman" on the right path.""@en
"Crawford plays the innocent-at-heart tramp, while Huston is the sanctimonious Reverend Davidson. This dramatization of a Somerset Maugham story is set in the South Seas."
"Captures the lives of several very different individuals, including a prostitute and a missionary who lusts after her, thrown together during an epidemic and a fierce monsoon on Pago Pago."@en
"On a South Seas island Sadie Thompson is confronted by an old-fashioned fire-and brimstone minister who tries to disguise his desire for her as a desire to save her soul."
"Sadie Thompson is a prostitute quarantined with other passengers on Pago Pago Island. While she gets along with American military stationed there, the missionaries Davidson make her life miserable. The Reverend Davidson finally forces Sadie to repent, then rapes her, then commits suicide. Sadie is then able to accept Sergeant O'Hara's love for her as they head off to Sydney, Australia to start a new life together."@en
"Somerset Maugham's story of a puritanical minister's attempt to reform a lost woman on the island of Pago Pago."@en
""A ship docks in rainy, tropical Pago Pago, discharging among others, Alfred Davidson, a self-righteous missionary, his prim, proper wife, and Sadie Thompson, a woman with an unsavory background. Sometime later, a cholera epidemic forces them to remain quarantined on the island, and Davidson decides he will reform Sadie and save her immortal soul. When she spurns his offer, Davidson has the governor order her deportation to San Francisco. She begs Davidson to allow her to remain a few more days, so she can sail to Sydney, Australia instead, but during the argument, she experiences a religious conversion and agrees to return to San Francisco and the jail sentence that is waiting for her there. The evening before she is to leave, Sergeant 'Handsome' O'Hara, who has fallen in love with Sadie, asks her to marry him and offers to hide her until the Sydney boat sails, but she is under Davidson's spell and refuses. Later, while native drums beat, Davidson succumbs to her beauty and accosts her. The next morning, he is found dead, a suicide. Now disillusioned with Davidson's teachings, Sadie becomes her old self and plans to go off to Sydney with O'Hara to start a new life"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940."@en
"Sadie Thompson is a South Seas island trollop confronted by an old-fashioned fire-and brimstone minister who masquerades his desires for her as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, the minister cuts his throat and Sadie turns to a naive Marine to continue her dissolute lifestyle."
"Sadie Thompson is a South Seas island trollop confronted by an old-fashioned fire-and brimstone minister who masquerades his desires for her as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, the minister cuts his throat and Sadie turns to a naive Marine to continue her dissolute lifestyle."@en
"Stranded passengers in Pago Pago during an epidemic include a prostitute and a missionary who lusts after her."@en
"A preacher on a South Pacific island tries to reform a prostitute, but begins to fall for her himself when they are stranded together during a storm."@en
"On the South Pacific island of Pago Pago, Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) is a tough-talking plaything for American G.I.s. Missionary Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) frowns upon her provacative flaunting and warns her to repent or risk being deported to San Francisco where Sadie will face her dark past. Terrified and overwhelmed by his charisma, she is seduced into redemption and reborn, but in a shocking twist learns that temptation is hard to resist."
"On the South Pacific island of Pago Pago, Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) is a tough-talking plaything for American G.I.s. Missionary Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) frowns upon her provacative flaunting and warns her to repent or risk being deported to San Francisco where Sadie will face her dark past. Terrified and overwhelmed by his charisma, she is seduced into redemption and reborn, but in a shocking twist learns that temptation is hard to resist."@en
"Sadie Thompson is a South Seas island trollop confronted by an old-fashioned fire- and brimstone minister who masquerades his desire for her as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, the minister cuts his throat. Sadie turns to a naive Marine and continues her dissolute lifestyle."@en
"Sadie Thompson is a South Seas island trollop confronted by an old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone minister who masquerades his desires for her as a desire to transform Sadie into a new woman, and atone for her wicked ways."