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After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.
Buck Black
- Child in crowd
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
- Young Indian at Dunking
- (uncredited)
Artye Folz
- Child
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Gray
- Child
- (uncredited)
Douglas Haig
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Betsy Ann Hisle
- Child
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLillian Gish learned that her mother had had a stroke in London and her sister, Dorothy Gish, urged her to get there on the first available boat. When Lillian informed director Victor Sjöström of the need to finish the film quickly, he created a shooting schedule that crammed two weeks worth of shooting into three days of non-stop work. The crew worked without complaint so that she could finish the film early and catch the earliest possible train to New York.
- Quotes
Mistress Hibbins: I am wrongly accused! Never hath my tongue been given to gossip!
The Governor: Falsehood! Her tongue hath wagged like the tail of a dog! Duck her again!
- Alternate versionsIn 2000, Turner Entertainment Co. copyrighted a restored version with a musical score written by Lisa Anne Miller and Mark Northam and a running time of 98 minutes. Its previous version ran 79 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971)
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Anyone who considers silent film-making inferior to sound film-making needs to watch this film.
I watched this 1926 silent version and the 1934 sound version back to back, projected in a theater. The 1926 version was not only a more artfully shot film, but the depth of the characters and their relationships were immeasurably better. The story structure and additional focus on the developing relationship between Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale created enormous empathy, and the introduction of Roger Chillingworth was absolutely haunting and palpable. The 1934 sound version was deflated and unemotional by comparison. The 1926 film is very well cast, solidly structured, skillfully directed, and beautifully shot. The film's final scene will leave one almost breathless and wondering what will happen next in the lives of these settlers. It perfectly wraps this must see example of masterful storytelling. Anyone who considers silent film-making inferior to sound film-making needs to watch this film. You may be enlightened.
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- Jul 25, 2004
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- Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter
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- Budget
- $430,290 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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