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Sadie Thompson. Sadie Thompson (en España, La frágil voluntad) es una película muda dramática estadounidense de 1928 dirigida por Raoul Walsh. Protagonizada por Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore y el mismo Walsh, es una de las películas más exitosas de Swanson.
Sadie Thompson, fictional character, the protagonist of the short story “Rain” (1921) by W. Somerset Maugham. Thompson is a lighthearted American prostitute who plies her trade in the South Seas and causes the downfall of Reverend Mr. Davidson, a fanatical missionary. The short story was adapted.
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Contents. hide. (Top) See also. Sadie Thompson refers to the main character from "Rain" by W. Somerset Maugham (1921). Several adaptations of that story exist with that title: Miss Sadie Thompson, a 1953 film starring Rita Hayworth as Sadie Thompson. Sadie Thompson (film), a 1928 silent film starring Gloria Swanson as Sadie Thompson.
Sadie Thompson is a 1928 American silent drama film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco.
Sinopsis. 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.
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Sadie Thompson: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley. A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.
Sadie Thompson. Essay by Farran Smith Nehme. Sadie Thompson had the great Raoul Walsh as director and costar, but studying the history of the film leaves little doubt that Gloria Swanson has a strong claim as its auteur. She jumped through hoops to acquire the property, fought the censors to get it produced, cowrote the script with Walsh, chose ...
