The Scarlet Letter (1927)

01/08/1927 (US) • 1h 37m

Drama, History

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lillian Gish

Hester Prynne

Lars Hanson

Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale

Henry B. Walthall

Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth

William H. Tooker

The Governor

Marcelle Corday

Mistress Hibbins

Fred Herzog

The Jailer

Jules Cowles

The Beadle

Mary Hawes

Patience


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

minister

clergyman

punishment

love

single mother

silent film

public humiliation

reverend

seamstress

stigma

adulteress

missing husband

out of wedlock child

love child

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