08 January 1927 Drama, History 97 mins
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.
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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
James A. Marcus as A Sea Captain
Polly Moran as Jeering Townswoman (uncredited)
Victor Sjöström Director
Frances Marion Adaptation
Milton Brown Still Photographer
Frances Marion Screenplay
Cedric Gibbons Production Design
Victor Sjöström Producer
Max Rée Costume Design
Nathaniel Hawthorne Writer
Sidney Ullman Production Design
Hugh Wynn Editor
Hendrik Sartov Cinematography
Harold S. Bucquet Assistant Director
United States 08 January 1927
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