Reviews for The Scarlet Letter

7.2 / 10 1h 55min

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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Review by user511o9remkn6

An "A" Grade Classic Adaptation and perhaps the Best Cinematic Version of Hawthorne's Immortal Novel. Lillian Gish boosts her own Greatness.

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Review by user330n3bbr5df

Anyone who considers silent film-making inferior to sound film-making needs to watch this film.

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Review by user2075pk9rs1i

Seattle International Film Festival - David Jeffers for SIFFblog.com

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Review by user35j84vq1jx

Lilian Gish,the first thespian of the silent era...

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Review by user499n6q7ax4j

It's a crime that this isn't available

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Review by user868sshobhha

Scarlet Letter Aired on TCM October 2009

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Review by user409x1sgjfz0

How difficult is it to find this film?

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Review by user20763ga1ys4

Good thing I have a penchant for silent films and this one of the more poignant ones in the same vein as "Passion of Joan of Arc"

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Review by PolarPenguin

Lillian's performance is so pure and true

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Review by user321ef2xx295

A phenomenal, quintessential, classic, definitive must-see

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Review by user4409d6sw8nt

Considered the Best Scarlet Letter Film of the Many Versions

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Review by user69qx80yhye

A few years back I used to dine frequently with the 26th . . .

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Review by user1046k2qimcr

Brilliant Movie Making from the Silent Era

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Review by user678e6ojqt4i

One of the best versions of this story--silent or not.

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