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 scarlet letter "A" (for adultery). Her husband is long missing and presumed lost at sea. When the husband returns and finds his wife with another man’s child, he sets out to torture them. At last, the father of Hester’s child reveals himself, with a letter "A" carved in his chest and dies after that.
Cast:
Colleen Moore as Hester Prynne
Hardie Albright as Arthur Dimmesdale
Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth
Cora Sue Collins as Pearl
Alan Hale as Bartholomew Hockings
Virginia Howell as Abigail Crakstone
William Kent as Sampson Goodfellow
William Farnum as Gov. Bellingham
Betty Blythe as Innkeeper
Al O. Henderson as Master Wilson
Jules Cowles as Beadle
Mickey Rentschler as Digerie Crakstone
Shirley Jean Rickert as Humility Crakstone
Flora Finch as Faith Bartle, the Gossip
Tommy Bupp as Marching Boy (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody as Native American (uncredited)
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
b&w version https://youtu.be/ilCFwBbRZDc
