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Titolo originale: Rain
Regia: Lewis Milestone |
Anno: 1932
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: prostitute | quarantine | missionary | rain | deluge | remake | pacific island | religious fundamentalism | religious hypocrisy | pre-code | based on short story | u.s. marine | persecution | record player | south sea island | samoa | moral reformation | general store | reformer | tropics | fallen woman | christian missionary | public domain | rainy setting | cholera epidemic |
Cast: Joan Crawford | Walter Huston | Matt Moore | Guy Kibbee | William Gargan | Beulah Bondi | Kendall Lee | Fred Howard | Ben Hendricks Jr. | Mary Shaw | Walter Catlett |

A Pago-Pago, durante una terribile epidemia, vari personaggi delle più disparate origini sociali sono costretti a una forzata convivenza. Un missionario si innamora così di una ragazza di piccola virtù già promessa a un altro.

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In a sequence starting at 0:54:33, Ameena - trader Joe Horn's native wife - is smoking a cigar. D
A good example of director Lewis Milestone's hallmark use of a mobile camera. D
Joan Crawford hated her performance in this film. D
Shot over a period of five weeks. D
This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for tele [...] D
Joan Crawford's marriage to her husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was on the rocks during filming, leadi [...] D
Joan Crawford discovered that she was pregnant during filming. She had the baby aborted as her marri [...] D
The play. "Rain," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 7 November 1922 and closed i [...] D
Entered into the public domain in 1960. D
Although Joan Crawford is listed above the title and Walter Huston in a frame after the title, the c [...] D
This is the second film version of the short story, "Rain". The first in 1928 was called "Sadie Thom [...] D
The distant island profile seen under the opening credits is actually Moorea as seen from Tahiti. D
Joan Crawford was loaned out by MGM to United Artists for the film. D
The first sound adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham story. Previously made as the silent Tristana [...] D
Joan Crawford fought hard for the role of Sadie Thompson (though ultimately she didn't regard the en [...] D
Lewis Milestone originally cast Paul Kelly in the role of the marine. Kelly had just served 25 month [...] D
A notable failure both critically and commercially for Joan Crawford. It is estimated the film lost [...] D
Costumer Milo Anderson bought Crawford's checkered dress at a department store, and later recalled t [...] D
The characters of "Sadie Thompson" and the preacher were spoofed several times by Sonny and Cher on [...] D
This was Joan Crawford's least favorite film because of its poor box-office returns. D
The film was first aired on television by KTLA-5 in Los Angeles on Sunday 26 August 1951, according [...] D

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Dr. Robert MacPhail: I've no doubt you've a suffic [...] D
Joe Horn: I hear life's terrible back home in the [...] D
Sadie Thompson: What can't be helped, can't be hel [...] D
Sadie Thompson: No hurry. Lots of time. There's so [...] D
Sadie Thompson: [Sarcastically] Can't I just hear [...] D
Mrs. Davidson: I understand, Miss Thompson. I'm so [...] D
Dr. Robert MacPhail: I'm off to bed. There's an un [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Music and a nip of liquor, that's [...] D
Sadie Thompson: [making a toast] Well, here's bubb [...] D
Sadie Thompson: I like the boys here. Hello, Hands [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Mr. Horn, your climate's bum! Joe [...] D
Sergeant O'Hara: Has she wondered why I haven't be [...] D
Dr. Robert MacPhail: Too bad man couldn't develop [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Why should I turn off my phonograp [...] D
Quartermaster Bates: Now look here. You may take t [...] D
Sergeant O'Hara: What's the matter? You look low. [...] D
Alfred Davidson: The devil in you is strong, my po [...] D
Mrs. Macphail: Mrs. Davidson tells me she hasn't c [...] D
Sadie Thompson: I'm alright. Don't you worry about [...] D
Quartermaster Bates: [handing a soldier his soggy [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Surprised to see me all dolled up, [...] D
Sadie Thompson: [commenting on the rain to Joe] My [...] D
Alfred Davidson: From now on you will be strong. T [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Oh, she-catta-gan-nee, she-catta-g [...] D
Ameena: How you talk? What do you say? My husband [...] D
Sadie Thompson: You don't mind, do ya? Seein' we'r [...] D
Quartermaster Bates: You're not the type that need [...] D
Sergeant O'Hara: [Sadie grabs a bottle of liquour] [...] D
Alfred Davidson: Hello, Miss Thompson. What are yo [...] D
Sadie Thompson: I haven't so many friends, Handsom [...] D
Sadie Thompson: You know, there's something about [...] D
Sadie Thompson: You mean this Maggie was sorta gay [...] D
Dr. Robert MacPhail: By the way, Officer, I was wo [...] D
Alfred Davidson: You've got to go back to San Fran [...] D
Joe Horn: We've all crossed thresholds we don't br [...] D
Alfred Davidson: You will be glad to hear that the [...] D
Sadie Thompson: You low-down skunk! What have you [...] D
Sadie Thompson: You don't think I want to stay in [...] D
Joe Horn: Everything goeth, everything returneth. [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Give me stength. How many times ha [...] D
Sadie Thompson: [on hearing Mrs. Davidson approach [...] D
Sadie Thompson: [to Mr. Davidson] Mighty glad you [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Oh, no Mr. Davidson. Your God and [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Anyone can see with two glass eyes [...] D
Sadie Thompson: Can you dance, Handsome? Sergeant [...] D
Sadie Thompson: You men! PIGS! D
Sadie Thompson: I'd race ya to the beach if it was [...] D
Mrs. Davidson: [complaining about the dancers] Mr. [...] D
Sadie Thompson: [at the end of a confrontation wit [...] D
Joe Horn: Friend, you'll behold here the last remn [...] D

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