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The Scarlet Letter

(1927)

January 8, 1927 1h 37m
71%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Victor Sjöström

Director

Top Billed Cast

LG

Lillian Gish

Hester Prynne

LH

Lars Hanson

Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

HBW

Henry B. Walthall

Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth

KD

Karl Dane

Giles

WHT

William H. Tooker

The Governor

MC

Marcelle Corday

Mistress Hibbins

FH

Fred Herzog

The Jailer

JC

Jules Cowles

The Beadle

MH

Mary Hawes

Patience

JC

Joyce Coad

Pearl