Sadie Thompson
The plot of the film is based on the 1922 play "Rain" by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, which in turn was based on the 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain") by W. Somerset Maugham. Actress Jeanne Eagels had played the role on stage. Other movie versions of the story include: a 1928 silent film titled "Sadie Thompson" starring Gloria Swanson, and "Miss Sadie Thompson" (1953), which starred Rita Hayworth.