Sadie Thompson /
Stranded passengers on Pago Pago during an epidemic include Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and a reformer whose lust for her masquerades as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, Alfred Davidson cuts his throat and Sadie goes to Sydney with an admiring marine.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent film feature with English subtitles and orchestral soundtrack. |
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New York, NY :
Kino International,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Deluxe ed. |
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| Summary: | Stranded passengers on Pago Pago during an epidemic include Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and a reformer whose lust for her masquerades as a desire to save her soul. Unable to accept his sin, Alfred Davidson cuts his throat and Sadie goes to Sydney with an admiring marine. |
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| Item Description: | "Based on the story by W. Somerset Maugham." Originally released as a motion picture in 1928. Film was restored in 1987 by Dennis Doros, Kino International. Because the last scenes were missing from the sole existing print, the final minutes have been recreated using the original script, the star's own collection of stills, film footage and an orchestral score commissioned for the completed film. Special features: illustrated essay, "The many faces of Sadie Thompson"; scene comparisons (featuring excerpts of the short story, the play, the film and the 1932 remake); the lost ending (choose between the Kino restoration, the original screenplay and the 1932 remake); gallery of production photographs. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: | DVD; new digital transfer from 35mm preservation negative. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Photographers, Oliver Marsh, George Barnes, Robert Kurrle ; edited by C. Gardner Sullivan ; music, composed and conducted by Joseph Turrin. |