Two Somerset Maugham novels, which became classic films are here presented on one video. In “Of human bondage” Bette Davis made her name as a cheap and vulgar cafe waitress who taunts and ridicules a besotted Leslie Howard, as a crippled professor. Joan Crawford stars in “Rain” as the bad girl Sadie Thompson who attracts the fanatic obsessions of a missionary, which leads to her spiritual reformation. Set during an epidemic on South Sea Pago Pago island, the film caused much controversy on its release.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
303985
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epidemics
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)