The Scarlet Letter (1926)

19261h 37mdir. Victor SjöströmUnited Statesdrama filmsilent film

With Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Chief Yowlachie, James A. Marcus, Karl Dane, Marcelle Corday, Nora Cecil

Directed by Victor Sjöström

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The Scarlet Letter is a 1926 American silent drama film based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne and directed by Swedish filmmaker Victor Sjöström (credited as Victor Seastrom). Prints of the film survive in the MGM/United Artists film archives and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The film is now considered the best film adaptation of Hawthorne's novel.

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