Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, in Rain, enhanced colour photograph. With description, Joan Crawford got a big break when she was given the part of Sadie Thompson, in "Rain

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Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, in Rain, enhanced colour photograph. With description, Joan Crawford got a big break when she was given the part of Sadie Thompson, in "Rain

Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, in Rain, enhanced colour photograph. With description, Joan Crawford got a big break when she was given the part of Sadie Thompson, in "Rain, " the film version of Somerset Maugham's play, which is at the Empire. What she makes of her opportunity our film critic, who expresses an opinion on page 203, and our readers can decide between them. Joan Crawford in this part is worth seeing, anyway, even if she doesn't attain the heights of inspirational acting'. Joan Crawford, film and television actress, (1904-1977), born Lucille Fay LeSueur. Date: 1933

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