The Scarlet Letter (1927)
1h 37m
Running Time
January 8, 1927Release Date
The Scarlet Letter (1927)
1h 37m
Running Time
January 8, 1927Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
Where to Watch.
RentCurrently The Scarlet Letter is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video
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Cast & Crew.
Lillian Gish
Hester Prynne
Lars Hanson
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Henry B. Walthall
Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth
Karl Dane
Giles
William H. Tooker
The Governor
Marcelle Corday
Mistress Hibbins
Fred Herzog
The Jailer
Jules Cowles
The Beadle
Mary Hawes
Patience
Joyce Coad
Pearl
James A. Marcus
A Sea Captain
Polly Moran
Jeering Townswoman (uncredited)
Victor Sjöström
Director / Producer
Frances Marion
Adaptation / Screenplay
Lisa Miller
Composer
Milton Brown
Still Photographer
Mark Northam
Composer
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Writer
Hendrik Sartov
Cinematography
Hugh Wynn
Editor
Max Rée
Costume Design
Harold S. Bucquet
Assistant Director
Cedric Gibbons
Production Design
Sidney Ullman
Production Design
Ruth Harriet Louise
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
minister
clergyman
love
punishment
single mother
silent film
public humiliation
reverend
seamstress
stigma
adulteress
missing husband
out of wedlock child
love child
Wiki.
The Scarlet Letter is a 1926 American silent drama film based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne and directed by Swedish filmmaker Victor Sjöström (credited as Victor Seastrom). Prints of the film survive in the MGM/United Artists film archives and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The film is now considered the best film adaptation of Hawthorne's novel.
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