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Film Homage Sadie Thompson 1 Gloria Swanson And Raoul Walsh 1927-2014 #2 Poster
by David Lee Guss
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Film Homage Sadie Thompson 1 Gloria Swanson And Raoul Walsh 1927-2014 #2 poster by David Lee Guss. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Film homage Sadie Thompson 1, Gloria Swanson and Raoul Walsh, 1927-2014. ... more
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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...
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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