<I>Rain</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1932
name: label: Directed by
content: Lewis Milestone, Russian American, 1895 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Joan Crawford, American, ca. 1904 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Walter Huston, Canadian, 1883 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: Fred Howard, 1899 - 1960
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A feature film with the title Rain. It consists of three (3) reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound (2017.55.14.1a, 2017.55.14.1b and 2017.55.14.1c), contained in three brown film cannisters (2017.55.14.1d, 2017.55.14.1e and 2017.55.14.1f).
label: Description
content: Each cannister has a Learning Corporation of America logo printed at the top and a white label affixed to the middle with [AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION / THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL LIBRARY / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY / 901 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.] printed on it in black ink. Additionally, the film number, title and length can also be found on the white label. On 2017.55.14.1d, this is recorded as [Film No. X261 / TITLE RAIN / PART 1 / LENGTH 18min]; on 2017.55.14.1e: [Film No. X262 / TITLE RAIN / PART 2 / LENGTH 33min]; and on 2017.55.14.1f [ Film No. X263 / TITLE RAIN / PART 3 / LENGTH 34min].
label: Description
content: The film follows Saidie Thompson (Joan Crawford), who has just arrived in Pago Pago, and chronicles her interactions with a local missionary (played by Walter Huston) who tries to reform her.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Pago Pago, American Samoa, United States, Oceania
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.14.1a-f
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 20 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 700 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 35 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1250 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 3): 33 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1200 Feet