Sadie Thompson (Silent) - Silent Films Classic Movies on DVD (1928) Starring Gloria Swanson; Lionel Barrymore & Raoul Walsh; Directed by Raoul Walksh; Kino Video : OLDIES.com

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KINO 194D

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 0; Can be played worldwide
Package Type: Keep Case

Additional Release Materials:

Alternate Endings
Scene Comparisons Between the Short Story, the Play, and the 1932 Remake

Interactive Features:

Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

Illustrated Essay - "The Many Faces of Sadie Thompson"
Photo Gallery

Product Description:

A San Francisco prostitute who arrives in Pago Pago ends up in a tangle with a stuffy, hypocritical reformer. Silent film with full orchestral score. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actress--Gloria Swanson.

Plot Synopsis:

Fleeing from possible incarceration in San Francisco, Sadie Thompson, a sultry "lady of the evening", takes to the high seas. Her escape brings her to a tropical island in the South Pacific, where she finds unexpected love with a compassionate Marine. Her newfound happiness is threatened, however, by a zealous Christian reformer who has designs on her flesh as well as her soul.

Plot Keywords:

Comedy | Prostitution | Silent | Vintage

Production Notes:

A silent film.
The Kino Video version features a new orchestral score composed and conducted by Joseph Turrin. Their restoration was supervised by Dennis Doros in 1987.
This is the first of three film versions of Maugham's novel. The other two are: "Rain" (1932; directed by Lewis Milestone; starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston) and "Miss Sadie Thompson" (1953; directed by Curtis Bernhardt; starring Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, and Aldo Ray).

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore & Raoul Walsh
Directed by		Raoul Walksh

DVD Details:

Label: Kino Video
Originally Released in: 1928
Number of Discs: 1
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
Video: Black & White
Region: Region 0 encoding; Can be played worldwide, NTSC-format.
Release Date: February 20, 2001
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 22,863
Item UPC: 738329019426
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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