Story of movie The Scarlet Letter 1934 Film : The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 American film directed by Robert G. Vignola.
| The Scarlet Letter | |
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| Directed by | Robert G. Vignola |
| Produced by | Larry Darmour (producer) |
| Written by | Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel The Scarlet Letter) Leonard Fields (writer) David Silverstein (writer) |
| Starring | Colleen Moore |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
| Edited by | Charles Harris |
Production company | Darmour Productions |
| Distributed by | Majestic Pictures |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It was shot in Salem's Pioneer Village and Sherman Oaks, California. It was the only film Colleen Moore ever said she made for the money. She was reportedly preparing to take her dollhouse on tour for charity, and saw the film as an opportunity to make a last film with friends.
Henry B. Walthall played Roger Chillingworth in both this and the 1926 silent version.
The film has been preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Screenplay
Hester Prynne has a child out of wedlock and refuses to name the father (who is a respected citizen). For this, she is sentenced to wear a red letter "A" (for adultery). Her husband is long missing and presumed dead. When the husband returns and finds his wife with another man's child, he sets out to torture them. At last, the father reveals himself, with a letter "A" carved in his chest.
- Colleen Moore as Hester Prynne
- Hardie Albright as Arthur Dimmesdale
- Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth
- Cora Sue Collins as Pearl
- Alan Hale, Sr. as Bartholomew Hockings
- Virginia Howell as Abigail Crakstone
- William Kent as Sampson Goodfellow
- William Farnum as Gov. Bellingham
- Betty Blythe as Innkeeper
- Mickey Rentschler as Digerie Crakstone
- Shirley Jean Rickert as Humility Crakstone
- Iron Eyes Cody as Native American (uncredited)
- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing,(Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).
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