The Scarlet Letter

1934

The Scarlet Letter (1934)

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Movie Info

This is a talking version of the classic Hawthorne novel about the scandalous activity of an adulteress in puritanical New England. Silent film star Colleen Moore plays the scandaled Hester Prynne and Henry B. Walthall is the mean-spirited Roger Chilllingworth.

Rating:

G
Genre:

Classics, Drama, Romance
Directed By:

Robert Vignola
Written By:

Leonard Fields, Dave Silverstein
In Theaters:

Sep 18, 1934 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 9, 2003
Runtime:

69 minutes
Studio:

Darmour

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Cast

Colleen Moore
as Hester Prynne

Hardie Albright
as Arthur Dimmesdale

Henry B. Walthall
as Roger Chillingworth

Cora Sue Collins
as Pearl

William Farnum
as Gov. Billingham

Alan Hale
as Bartholomew Hockins

Virginia Howell
as Abigail Crakstone

William Kent
as Samson Goodfellow

Betty Blythe
as Innkeeper

Al C. Henderson
as Master Wilson

Jules Cowles
as Beadle

Mickey Rentschler
as Digerie Crakstone

Shirley Jean Rickert
as Humility Crakstone

Flora Finch
as Faith Bartle, the Gossip (uncredited)

Dorothea Wolbert
as Mistress Allerton (uncredited)

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This movie was ok. It was pretty faithful to the book that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote. It was made kind of silly though by the two characters who were supposed to be the comic relief. Nothing special, even though it seemed kind of plain.