Other Titles • Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) • Fegefeuer (1954) • Rain
Trivia from Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
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Theatrical release: Dec. 23, 1953.
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Theatrical rerelease: May 12, 2000 (San Francisco, new 35 mm print shown in 3-D).
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December 2000 (NY, new 35 mm print shown in 3-D)
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Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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Somerset Maugham's story "Miss Thompson" was first adapted into a play, "Rain," and has received at least three other screen adaptations: the silent film SADIE THOMPSON (1928, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh, Blanche Frederici, Charles Lane, and James Marcus); RAIN (1932, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Walter Catlett, and Beulah Bondi); and the all-black DIRTY GERTIE FROM HARLEM (1946).
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Originally shown as a 3-D film. Shot in Technicolor.
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Charles Bronson makes an early appearance in this film, billed as Charles Buchinsky. He had also appeared in the 3-D film HOUSE OF WAX prior to this production
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Rita Hayworth's songs in the film were overdubbed by Jo Ann Greer.
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Songs included in the film: "Hear No Evil, See No Evil," "Blue Pacific Blues (Sadie Thompson's Song)," "The Heat is On," and "A Marine, A Marine, A Marine."
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This film was banned in several places across the country due to the questionable morality of Hayworth's character.
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