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film by Milestone [1932]
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    / Films of the 1930s

    Rain (1932), an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s short story, seemed like another sure-fire hit—star Joan Crawford was cast as Sadie Thompson, a prostitute in Pago Pago, and Walter Huston played the island missionary who attempts to reform her while growing increasingly attracted to her.…

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    Rain (1932), an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s short story, seemed like another sure-fire hit—star Joan Crawford was cast as Sadie Thompson, a prostitute in Pago Pago, and Walter Huston played the island missionary who attempts to reform her while growing increasingly attracted to her.…

    Read More