PRINCE EDWARD
“SADIE THOMPSON” “Sadie Thompson,” a story of life at American Samoa, from the novel •Rain,” by Somerset Maugham, will be shown this evening at the Prince Edward Theatre. , „ The story of “Sadie Thompson s domination by a tyrannical South Seas reformer, “Alfred Atkinson,” who forces her to confess that she is an exile from the underworld of San Francisco, and then determines to break her defiant spirit and gain her repentance, is one of the most vital themes in modern literature. “Sadie Thompson” is the sort of screen narrative that is of interest to men and women everywhere, because its characters are everyday people, and thesir personalities are believable. The situation which develops from the reformer Atkinson’s struggle to choose between his devotion to duty and the call of worldly desires form a climax of dramatic power. Lionel Barrymore plays the role of Atkinson.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 14
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146PRINCE EDWARD Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 14
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