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  1. 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 (musical), a 1944 musical ...

  2. 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.

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  3. 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. The film stars Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Raoul Walsh, and it is one of Swanson's more successful ...

  4. Miss Sadie Thompson is a 1953 3-D American musical romantic drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, and Aldo Ray. The film was released by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on W. Somerset Maugham 's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain"). Other film versions include Sadie Thompson ...

  5. Sep 10, 2012 · A silent movie adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novella about a prostitute in the South Pacific, directed by Raoul Walsh. The film features Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore and Walsh himself in the cast, and has a lost final reel.

  6. Rain is a story about a missionary couple and a rebellious woman named Sadie Thompson, who are stranded on a tropical island and face a moral dilemma. The story explores the themes of nature, culture, hypocrisy and redemption in a powerful and unexpected way.

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  8. Apr 11, 2016 · But I bet Sadie Thompson from Iwelei, prostitute, is quite a different matter from Walter and Kitty Lane from Britain, presumably respectably employed. Only 3 years after the publication of "Rain," Maugham was to get into trouble with his unfortunate choice of names for his protagonists in The Painted Veil .