Movie Description A San Francisco prostitute who arrives in Pago Pago ends up in a tangle with a stuffy, hypocritical reformer. Silent film with full orchestral score. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actress--Gloria Swanson.
| Credits | | Cast: | Charles Lane, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh |
Notes A silent film.
The Kino Video version features a new orchestral score composed and conducted by Joseph Turrin. Their restoration was supervised by Dennis Doros in 1987.
This is the first of three film versions of Maugham's novel. The other two are: "Rain" (1932; directed by Lewis Milestone; starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston) and "Miss Sadie Thompson" (1953; directed by Curtis Bernhardt; starring Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, and Aldo Ray)., DVD Features:
Region 0 Keep Case Additional Release Materials: Alternate Endings Scene Comparisons Between the Short Story, the Play, and the 1932 Remake Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Illustrated Essay - "The Many Faces of Sadie Thompson" Photo Gallery
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