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Miss Sadie Thompson

Title
Miss Sadie Thompson [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures ; a Beckworth Corporation picture ; director, Curtis Bernhardt ; producer, Jerry Wald ; screenplay, Harry Kleiner, based on W. Somerset Maugham's story Rain.
Publication
Burbank, CA : Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1990, c1953.

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Additional Authors
  • Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987
  • Ferrer, José, 1912-1992.
  • Ray, Aldo.
  • Collins, Russell, 1897-1965.
  • Bellaver, Harry, 1905-1993
  • Graff, Wilton, 1903-1969.
  • Bernhardt, Curtis, 1899-1981
  • Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962
  • Washington, Ned, 1901-1976.
  • Duning, George.
  • Roberts, Allan, 1905-1966.
  • Louis, Jean, 1907-1997.
  • Scott, Lee
  • Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
  • Columbia Pictures.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Drama about the confrontation of a prostitute and a missionary on a South Pacific island in the 1940s.
Genre/Form
  • Motion pictures.
  • Features.
  • Drama.
  • Adaptations.
Note
  • Motion picture originally released by Columbia Pictures in 1953; re-released as a videotape in 1990 by Columbia Pictures Home Video, Burbank, CA.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Charles Lawton jr. ; choreography: Lee Scott ; background music, George Duning ; songs, Lester Lee, Ned Washington, and Allan Roberts ; art direction, Carl Anderson ; gowns, Jean Louis.
Performer (note)
  • Rita Hayworth (Sadie Thompson), José Ferrer (Alfred Davidson), Aldo Ray (Sgt. Phil O'Hara), Russell Collins (Dr. Robert MacPhail), Diosa Costello (Ameena Horn), Harry Bellaver (Joe Horn), Wilton Graff (Governor), Peggy Converse (Mrs. Margaret Davidson), and others.
Contents
Dance contents: [Dancing in a bar] / performed by Hayworth and men -- "The heat is on" / performed by Hayworth -- [Polynesian (Tahitian?) dance] / performed by unidentified woman and man.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1928
ISBN
0800105990
OCLC
  • 34401993
  • NYPY94-F10
Title
Miss Sadie Thompson [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures ; a Beckworth Corporation picture ; director, Curtis Bernhardt ; producer, Jerry Wald ; screenplay, Harry Kleiner, based on W. Somerset Maugham's story Rain.
Imprint
Burbank, CA : Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1990, c1953.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Director of photography, Charles Lawton jr. ; choreography: Lee Scott ; background music, George Duning ; songs, Lester Lee, Ned Washington, and Allan Roberts ; art direction, Carl Anderson ; gowns, Jean Louis.
Cast
Rita Hayworth (Sadie Thompson), José Ferrer (Alfred Davidson), Aldo Ray (Sgt. Phil O'Hara), Russell Collins (Dr. Robert MacPhail), Diosa Costello (Ameena Horn), Harry Bellaver (Joe Horn), Wilton Graff (Governor), Peggy Converse (Mrs. Margaret Davidson), and others.
Added Author
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987, performer.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992. Performer
Ray, Aldo. Performer
Collins, Russell, 1897-1965. Performer
Bellaver, Harry, 1905-1993, actor.
Graff, Wilton, 1903-1969. Performer
Bernhardt, Curtis, 1899-1981, film director.
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962, film producer.
Washington, Ned, 1901-1976. Composer
Duning, George. Composer
Roberts, Allan, 1905-1966. Composer
Louis, Jean, 1907-1997. Costume designer
Scott, Lee, choreographer.
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Author
Columbia Pictures.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1928
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