minister,clergyman,punishment,love,single mother,silent film,public humiliation,reverend,seamstress,stigma,adulteress,missing husband,out of wedlock child,love child

The Scarlet Letter (1927)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Victor Sjöström
  • Profile picture of Lillian Gish
    Hester Prynne Lillian Gish
  • Profile picture of Lars Hanson
    Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale Lars Hanson
  • Profile picture of Henry B. Walthall
    Roger Prynne aka Roger Chillingworth Henry B. Walthall
  • Profile picture of Karl Dane
    Giles Karl Dane
  • Profile picture of William H. Tooker
    The Governor William H. Tooker
  • Profile picture of Marcelle Corday
    Mistress Hibbins Marcelle Corday
  • Profile picture of Jules Cowles
    The Beadle Jules Cowles
  • Profile picture of Joyce Coad
    Pearl Joyce Coad

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  • single mother
  • silent film
  • public humiliation
  • reverend
  • seamstress
  • stigma
  • adulteress
  • missing husband
  • out of wedlock child
  • love child