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The Scarlet Letter

1927-01-08
7.328
en 97m
DramaHistory
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.

Director

Victor Sjöström

Adaptation

Frances Marion

Still Photographer

Milton Brown

Screenplay

Frances Marion

Writer

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Producer

Victor Sjöström

minister clergyman punishment love single mother silent film public humiliation reverend seamstress stigma adulteress missing husband out of wedlock child love child

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer