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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Cast
Lillian Gish as Hester Prynne
Lars Hanson as The Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale
Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth (credited as playing Roger Prynne)
Karl Dane as Master 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