The Scarlet Letter
1927 | 97m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Victor Sjöström |
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| Writer: | Frances Marion, Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 08, 1927 |
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| Director: | Victor Sjöström |
| Writer: | Frances Marion, Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | minister, clergyman, love, punishment, single mother, silent film, public humiliation, reverend, seamstress, stigma, adulteress, missing husband, out of wedlock child, love child |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Victor Sjöström | Director |
| Frances Marion | Screenplay, Adaptation |
| Cedric Gibbons | Production Design |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Writer |
| Max Rée | Costume Design |
| Milton Brown | Still Photographer |
| Hendrik Sartov | Cinematography |
| Hugh Wynn | Editor |
| Harold S. Bucquet | Assistant Director |
| Sidney Ullman | Production Design |
| Ruth Harriet Louise | Still Photographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Victor Sjöström | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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