Drama ·History · United States of America · 1927 · 1h 37m

The Scarlet Letter

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Director
Victor Sjöström
Cast
Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne Lars Hanson as Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale Henry B. Walthall as Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth Karl Dane as Giles William H. Tooker as The Governor Marcelle Corday as Mistress Hibbins
Crew
Hugh Wynn — Editor Frances Marion — Screenplay Nathaniel Hawthorne — Writer Victor Sjöström — Producer Sidney Ullman — Production Design Cedric Gibbons — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
ministerclergymanpunishmentlovesingle mothersilent filmpublic humiliationreverendseamstressstigmaadulteressmissing husband
Key Collaborators
Victor Sjöström Director Hugh Wynn Editor Frances Marion Screenplay Nathaniel Hawthorne Writer Victor Sjöström Producer Sidney Ullman Production Design Cedric Gibbons Production Design Max Rée Costume Design
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