Film Homage Sadie Thompson 1 Gloria Swanson And Raoul Walsh 1927-2014 #2
by David Lee Guss
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Film Homage Sadie Thompson 1 Gloria Swanson And Raoul Walsh 1927-2014 #2
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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Film homage "Sadie Thompson" 1, Gloria Swanson and Raoul Walsh, 1927-2014.
Sadie Thompson is a 1928 American silent drama film that tells the story of a "fallen woman" who comes to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Raoul Walsh, and was one of Swanson's better known silent films.
Due to the subject matter, the making of the film was extremely controversial. However, it was a financial and critical success for Swanson. The film was based on the short story "Rain" by author W. Somerset Maugham and the 1923 play of the same name by John Colton and Clemence Randolph.
Upon its release, Sadie Thompson was praised by critics as was Swanson's performance. Contemporary film critics have cited Swanson's performance as one of her best.
The film was a financial and critical success and was the only silent, independent film of Swanson's to do well at the box office. In fact, it was one of her last financially successful films, including the talkies The Trespasser and Sunset Blvd. It went on to make $1 million in the United States and $7 million internationally."
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