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Sadie Thompson (1928)

Sadie Thompson (1928)

Drama Romance

Sadie could storm any barrack she attacked! Magnetism had never been heard of until she hit town! What a woman! You'll say so, too!

Release Date: 1928, January 7
Directors: Raoul Walsh
Countries: United States of America
Production: Gloria Swanson Pictures
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Charles Lane, Charles Sullivan, Gloria Swanson, Will Stanton, James A. Marcus, Blanche Friderici, Florence Midgley, Sophia Artega

Overview:

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. 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 back to San Francisco.

Keywords:

suicide religion religious hypocrisy missionary u.s. marine zealot silent film partially lost film fallen woman rainy setting south seas