Sadie Thompson / Gloria Swanson Productions Inc. present a Raoul Walsh production ; United Artists picture ; adapted and directed by Raoul Walsh.

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Stranded passengers on Pago Pago during an epidemic including Sadie Thompson, a prostitute and a reformer whose lust for her masquerades as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, Alfred Davidson cuts his throat and Sadie goes to Sydney with an admiring marine.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp
United Artists Corporation
Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980
Swanson, Gloria, 1897-1983
Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954
Lane, Charles, 1869-1945
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent film feature with English subtitles and orchestral soundtrack.
Published: New York, NY : Kino International, [2001], ©2001.
Edition:Deluxe edition.
Subjects:
Maugham, W. Somerset > (William Somerset), > 1874-1965 > Film adaptations.
Prostitutes > Drama.
Missionaries > Drama.
Hypocrisy > Drama.
Pago Pago (American Samoa) > Drama.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (97 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Stranded passengers on Pago Pago during an epidemic including Sadie Thompson, a prostitute and a reformer whose lust for her masquerades as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, Alfred Davidson cuts his throat and Sadie goes to Sydney with an admiring marine.
Note:"Based on the story by W. Somerset Maugham."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1928.
Film was restored in 1987 by Dennis Doros, Kino International. Because the last scenes were missing from the sole existing print, the final minutes have been recreated using the original script, the star's own collection of stills, film footage and an orchestral score commissioned for the completed film.
Special features include: Illustrated essay, "The many faces of Sadie Thompson" ; scene comparisons ; alternate endings ; production photo gallery.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.75 .S33 2001 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated by MPAA.
Credits:Photographers, Oliver Marsh, George Barnes, Robert Kurrle ; edited by C. Gardner Sullivan ; music, composed and conducted by Joseph Turrin.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley, James A. Marcus, Sophia Artega, Will Stanton, Raoul Walsh.