Rain (1932) | Full Movie
Channel: CineClassics
Date: 18/12/2021

Rain is a 1932 drama film starring Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, a prostitute. The production, directed by Lewis Milestone and set in the South Seas, was partially shot on Santa Catalina Island and what is now Crystal Cove State Park in California. In the film, Walter Huston plays a troubled missionary who wants Sadie to stop her terrible ways but sees his own moral standards and self-righteous actions deteriorate. MGM loaned Crawford to United Artists for this project.

The premise of the film is based on John Colton and Clemence Randolph's 1922 play Rain, which was based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short tale "Miss Thompson" (later renamed "Rain"). Jeanne Eagels, an actress, had already played the part on stage.

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