In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
William Kent
- Sampson Goodfellow
- (as William T. Kent)
Al O. Henderson
- Master Wilson
- (as Al C. Henderson)
Mickey Rentschler
- Digerie Crakstone
- (as Mickey Rentchler)
Tommy Bupp
- Marching Boy
- (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
- Mistress Allerton
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaHenry B. Walthall played Chillingworth in both this and the silent version (The Scarlet Letter (1926) ).
- GoofsIn the scene where Chillingworth visits Hester in her home, the letter 'A' on Hester's garment changes position. It starts out just below the border of Hester's shawl collar, and soon after is seen to be nearer her waist.
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A Somewhat "Old" Feeling In A Sometimes "Bland" Movie But It's Passable
I have to confess that - aside from the broad brushstrokes - I'm largely unfamiliar with the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and so am not able to speak to the faithfulness of this movie to that story. Judged on its merits as a movie, this wasn't bad. The struggle against sin and hypocrisy was fairly well represented, the judgmentalism of the early Puritan community in which its set is clearly portrayed. Having said that, it's rather bland and unemotional at times (which, admittedly, fits the stereotype of an early Puritan community) although in the few scenes in which there is emotion (I think particularly of the closing scene with Dimmesdale's public confession) that emotion is well portrayed. The settings here seemed wrong. In particular I thought the homes that were shown looked far too comfortable for the 1640's. Some of the performances (especially I thought that of Hardie Albright as Dimmesdale, with the exception of that closing scene) seemed a bit forced, although I appreciated the attempt to mix some humour into a movie that could have been very heavy, as Alan Hale and William Kent portray the attempts of Hockings to help Goodfellow court the widow Crakstone, although in some ways (again, I haven't read the novel) that seemed unconnected to the overall story. In the lead role, Colleen Moore was good as Hester Prynne, although she didn't dominate the movie in the way you would expect the lead to do. In terms of the overall quality of the movie compared to others of the era, I find the 1930's a strange decade. Some of its films seem quite modern, while others seem very old. This version of "The Scarlet Letter" seems to fit into the latter group. 4/10
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- sddavis63
- Aug 4, 2009
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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