Editing Pago Pago, American Samoa (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Sadiethompsonlobbycard.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The film ''[[Sadie Thompson (film)|Sadie Thompson]]'' (1928) is based on the story of a prostitute who arrives in Pago Pago.<ref>Moss, Marilyn (2011). ''Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director''. University Press of Kentucky. Page 101. {{ISBN|9780813133942}}.</ref>]]
* ''[[Rain (short story)|Rain]]'' (1921) by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] is set in Pago Pago.<ref name="Stanley-2004"/>{{rp|463}}<ref>''Cruise Travel Vol. 2, No. 1'' (July 1980). Lakeside Publishing Co. Page 61. {{ISSN|0199-5111}}.</ref> Movie adaptions include ''[[Sadie Thompson (film)|Sadie Thompson]]'' (1928), ''[[Rain (1932 film)|Rain]]'' (1932), and ''[[Miss Sadie Thompson]]'' (1953).
* ''[[The Blonde Captive]]'' (1931) was filmed in Pago Pago.<ref name="American Film Institute 1993">American Film Institute (1993). ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1''. University of California Press. Page 1111. {{ISBN|9780520079083}}.</ref>
* ''[[The Hurricane (1937 film)|The Hurricane]]'' (1937) and its sequel, [[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane (1979)]], were set in Pago Pago. The 1937 film was filmed in Pago Pago.<ref name="American Film Institute 1993"/>
* The storyline in the film ''[[South of Pago Pago]]'' (1940) is set here. This movie was partly shot in Pago Pago, although most filming took place in [[Hawai'i]] and [[Long Beach, CA]].<ref>Reyes, Luis and Ed Rampell (1995). ''Made in paradise: Hollywood's films of Hawai'i and the South Seas''. Mutual Pub. Page 1940. {{ISBN|9781566470896}}.</ref>
* A jungle village resembling Pago Pago was created for motion picture in [[Two Harbors, California|Two Harbors]], [[Catalina Island, CA]].<ref>Fleming, E.J. (2008). ''Paul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband of Harlow''. McFarland. Page 73. {{ISBN|9780786452743}}.</ref> Several [[Rain (short story)|Sadie Thompson]] films were shot here.
* ''[[Lost and Found on a South Sea Island]]'' (1923) is set in Pago Pago.
* ''[[Next Goal Wins (2014 film)|Next Goal Wins]]'' (2014), British documentary filmed in Pago Pago.
* [[Samoa, California]] was named in honor of American Samoa. It was assumed that the harbor in Pago Pago looked similar to that of the town, and it consequentially got the name Samoa, CA in the 1890s.<ref>Capace, Nancy (1999). ''Encyclopedia of California''. North American Book Dist LLC. Page 399. {{ISBN|9780403093182}}.</ref>
* ''[[In the Sweet Pie and Pie]]'' (1941), [[The Three Stooges]] short. Pago Pago is mentioned as being one of the locations for the fictional Heedam Neckties stores.
* In ''[[Better Call Saul]]'' (2015), Saul Goodman graduated from the fictional American Samoa Law School.