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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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Sinopse. Sadie Thompson, prostituta à procura de nova vida, desembarca em Pago Pago, uma ilha do Oceano Pacífico. Ela se apaixona pelo fuzileiro naval Tim O'Hara, mas é perseguida pelo moralista Alfred Davidson, que pretende "regenerá-la" através da palavra de Deus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1,110 ratings158 reviews. While stranded waiting for their ship to be released from quarantine, Dr. and Mrs. Macphail must share lodging with the insufferable Davidsons—self-righteous and over-zealous missionaries who also happen to be the only polite company on the god-forsaken island near Pago-Pago.
