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Rain (Lewis Milestone, 1932).
Contemporary critics gave Rain negative reviews, and not enough tickets were sold to make United Artists a profit. Joan Crawford was embarrassed by her performance. Modern critics say they were all wrong; Rain is great, and Crawford is great in it. I agree.
The movie was adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story, originally titled "Miss Thompson" but later renamed, well, "Rain." It was previously adapted for stage and as a 1928 silent film (Sadie Thompson, with Gloria Swanson in the lead role), and would later be remade under the Hays Code (Miss Sadie Thompson, with Rita Hayworth).
A ship's passengers are temporarily stranded in Pago Pago, American Samoa, because of an outbreak of cholera. Two of the passengers are a missionary, Alfred Davidson, and his wife. Another is Sadie Thompson, a Honolulu sex worker. Unfortunately there is only one boarding house for all of them to stay in, and the incessant heavy rain keeps them in close quarters. Sadie immediately scandalizes the Davidsons by entertaining US Marines in her room. Mr. Davidson tries to put a stop to the sinning, but Sadie angrily rebuffs him. From that moment forward, Davidson's mission is to make Sadie repent and convert to his faith. As his tactics become increasingly coercive, Sadie's vulnerable side is gradually exposed.
See it for Joan Crawford's performance. You might be offended if you're a religious zealot.
#filmstr #movies #JoanCrawford #PreCode
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