The Scarlet Letter
1927-01-08
7.1
en 97mDramaHistory
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.
Adaptation
Frances Marion
Director
Victor Sjöström
Still Photographer
Milton Brown
Screenplay
Frances Marion
Production Design
Sidney Ullman
Editor
Hugh Wynn
minister clergyman punishment love single mother silent film public humiliation reverend seamstress stigma adulteress missing husband out of wedlock child love child
Status
ReleasedCountries
- United States of America
Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
