The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

115 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1927

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.

The Scarlet Letter

115 mins | Drama | Jan. 8, 1927

The Scarlet Letter
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Scarlet Letter
Directors Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Sjöström
Writers Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frances Marion

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

Fred Herzog

as The Jailer

Jules Cowles

as The Beadle

Mary Hawes

as Patience

Joyce Coad

as Pearl

James A. Marcus

as A Sea Captain

Polly Moran

as Jeering Townswoman (uncredited)