Rain (1928 film)

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Rain (1928 film) is a silent drama starring Joan Crawford, based on W. Somerset Maugham’s story about a troubled woman and a fanatical missionary on a South Seas island.

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instanceOf silent film
adaptationOf Rain (short story) by W. Somerset Maugham
linked to: Rain (1928 film)
basedOn short story Rain
basedOnGenre short story
basedOnWorkBy W. Somerset Maugham
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Oliver T. Marsh
countryOfOrigin United States
director Lewis Milestone
distributor United Artists
editedBy Hal C. Kern
filmEra silent era
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingTechnique silent with intertitles
format black-and-white film
genre drama
hasTheme colonialism
redemption
religious fanaticism
sexual morality
language Silent
leadActorRole Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson
Walter Huston as Alfred Davidson
leadActress Joan Crawford
mainCharacter Alfred Davidson
Sadie Thompson
partOf adaptations of W. Somerset Maugham works
plotFocus troubled woman and fanatical missionary
producer Joseph M. Schenck
productionCompany United Artists
releaseYear 1928
runtimeApproximate 90 minutes
screenwriter Luther Reed
Maxwell Anderson
setting Pacific island
South Seas island
sound silent with musical accompaniment
stars Guy Kibbee
Joan Crawford
Walter Huston
William Gargan
timePeriodDepicted early 20th century
title Rain

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Sadie Thompson adaptedIn Rain (1928 film)
Sadie Thompson adaptedIn Rain (1932 film)
linked to: Rain (1928 film)
Rain notableFilmAdaptation Rain (1932 film)
linked to: Rain (1928 film)
Rain (1928 film) adaptationOf Rain (short story) by W. Somerset Maugham
linked to: Rain (1928 film)
Sadie Thompson firstPublishedIn "Rain" (1921)
linked to: Rain (1928 film)
Sadie Thompson adaptedAs film "Rain" (1932)
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