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Rain [DVD] [1932]

Joan Crawford (Actor), Walter Huston (Actor), Lewis Milestone (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan
  • Directors: Lewis Milestone
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Brightspark
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Sep 2009
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002BB704U
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 34,097 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)

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Starring Joan Crawford, 'Rain' is the story of Sadie Thompson (Joan) who is staying on the island of Pago Pago after she left her home in San Francisco. Sadie is sexy, provocative, outspoken, and very friendly with the male G. I.'s who are also on the island with her.

Sadie's ways really tick off Alfred Davidson (played by Walter Houston). Mr. Davidson is a judgmental, prudish missionary that will not rest until he gets Sadie deported. At first, Sadie has no intention of leaving and becomes incredibly indignant. Sadie says, 'you take care of your evil, and I'll take care of mine...'

Joan Crawford is devastatingly beautiful in this picture, and her acting is superb.

This is without a doubt Joan's best picture of the 30's.

Synopsis

Joan Crawford, starring as prostitute Sadie Thompson in this adaptation of the Maugham story, is a magnet for all the men on the exotic island of Pago Pago, but fundamentalist preacher Rev. Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) wants her to see the error of her ways and repent. When, at long last, she begins to come around to his way of thinking, Davidson himself begins to fall for her when the two become stranded together during a fierce tropical storm.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Great Film, Incredible Joan Crawford, Poor DVD, 17 Sep 2007
By D. Carter "Dave Carter" (Woodford Green, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rain [1932] [DVD] (DVD)
I'll be honest; I mainly wanted this film just to see the incredibly young and beautiful Joan Crawford dolled up to the max as a 1930's hooker. And because of the film's great age a less than perfect print was only to be expected.
I wasn't at all disappointed with Joan and was also pleasantly surprised to find the story itself very absorbing and watchable too.
However the print used here is appalingly bad, so much so that the sound disappears completely for about ten minutes at a time in places, which a glitch too far, unfortunately.
Its a shame I had to return such a great film and now have to try and find a better print! Mind you, she really was fantastic...
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars JOAN CRAWFORD AS A SULTRY SOUTH SEAS SIREN..., 14 Feb 2005
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rain [DVD] [1932] (DVD)
This 1932 vintage film has a young Joan Crawford in the role of the notorious Sadie Thompson, a sultry South Seas siren. Walter Huston is compelling as the fire and brimstone preacher who wants to run this fallen woman out of town on a rail. Beulah Bondi is excellent as the preacher's prudish wife whose sensibilities are upset by Sadie Thompson's very presence in the small, cramped South Seas island hotel where they are all staying. Seeking to save Sadie's soul, the preacher manages to brow beat Sadie into repentant submission to his will, only to be done in at the last by his own answer to the call of the wild.

This is an interesting film that shows the idiosyncrasies of earlier talkies. Look for some odd camera shots used in order to segue into the next scene. Listen to the pounding of the torrential rain that can be heard almost throughout the entire film (hence, its name). Listen to the beat of the native drums, working to set a mood when necessary. All in all, a very well done film for its time. Joan Crawford fans will love it, as will all lovers of vintage films.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Crawford mesmerises!, 23 April 2004
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An astonishingly compelling show from Joan Crawford in a role unlikeanything else she made in the 1930's and certainly a far cry from theultra glamorous "clothes horse" image which she had established at MGM.
This film fascinates on many levels and serves as more than acuriosity piece.
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