The Scarlet Letter (1927)
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.
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