 Other film versions include "Sadie Thompson" (1928) starring Gloria Swanson, "Rain" (1932) starring Joan Crawford, and "Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.," a 1946 race film.A bar girl from Hawaii, a religious zealot and a love-struck Marine struggle with sin and salvation just after World War II while Sadie Thompson kicks out several songs, including the Oscar-nominated "Blue Pacific Blues".In February 1952 producer Jerry Wald announced he had the film rights to the play adaptation of "Rain" from producer Lester Cowan.