The Scarlet Letter
In this excellent adaptation of Hawthorne's renowned novel, Colleen Moore is Hester Prynne, who is forced to wear the scarlet "A" for adultery in her repressive village.
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- Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: September 9, 2003
- Originally Released: 1934
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Alan Hale & Colleen Moore | |
Performer: | Hardie Albright, William Farnum, Cora Sue Collins, Betty Blythe, Virginia Howell, William Kent & Albert Henderson | |
Directed by | Robert G. Vignola | |
Edited by | Charles Harris | |
Screenwriting by | Leonard Fields & David Silverstein | |
Story by | Nathaniel Hawthorne | |
Produced by | Larry Darmour | |
Director of Photography: | James S. Brown, Jr. |
Description by OLDIES.com:
Colleen Moore portrays the adulterous Hester Prynne with mastery in this first talking production of the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel. Prynne is condemned to wear the scarlet letter "A" on her chest after committing adultery and having a child out of wedlock. She protects the father, Reverend Dimmesdale (Hardie Albright), and bears the shame alone. When her husband (Henry Walthall) returns home from abroad and chooses to remain anonymous, he assumes the name Dr. Chillingworth and punishes the adulterers with his knowing silence. With veteran actors William Farnum, Virginia Howell, Jules Cowles and Albright reprising his role from the silent version eight years prior, this 1934 Majestic Pictures production is a stirring portrait of early Puritan America and a moving adaptation of the classic story.
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This faithful adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel about a woman who is forced to wear a scarlet letter A on her bosom because she has an illicit affair is a damning depiction of Puritan life in 17th Century Salem, Massachusetts. When her husband Roger (Henry B. Walthall in the same role he played in the 1926 version) is declared dead after being missing for years, Hester Prynne (Colleen Moore in her last film) falls into the arms of Reverend Dimmesdale (Hardie Albright). She delivers a child out of wedlock and is tortured by the prudish residents of her town when they ostracize her from the community and taunt her as she tries to raise her child alone. The reverend wants to let everyone know that he is the father, but the pious Hester refuses to let him shame his name. To make matters worse, Roger returns and vows revenge for his wife's misdeeds. THE SCARLET LETTER is a penetrating examination of the devastation of Puritanism on the human soul and the evils of intolerance in 17th-century Massachusetts.
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Movie Lover: henri donadille from
clamart, Hauts-de-Seine FR -- March, 27, 2004
Better scripted and closer to the novel than the 1926 version, this version is marred by the miscasting of Moore as Hester Prynne(portrayed infinitlty better by Lillian Gish in the silent original).Other than that it's an acceptable, interesting version of the classic tale.
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- UPC: 089218422095
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