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After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.
Buck Black
- Child in crowd
- (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
- Young Indian at Dunking
- (uncredited)
Artye Folz
- Child
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Gray
- Child
- (uncredited)
Douglas Haig
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Betsy Ann Hisle
- Child
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLillian Gish learned that her mother had had a stroke in London and her sister, Dorothy Gish, urged her to get there on the first available boat. When Lillian informed director Victor Sjöström of the need to finish the film quickly, he created a shooting schedule that crammed two weeks worth of shooting into three days of non-stop work. The crew worked without complaint so that she could finish the film early and catch the earliest possible train to New York.
- Quotes
Mistress Hibbins: I am wrongly accused! Never hath my tongue been given to gossip!
The Governor: Falsehood! Her tongue hath wagged like the tail of a dog! Duck her again!
- Alternate versionsIn 2000, Turner Entertainment Co. copyrighted a restored version with a musical score written by Lisa Anne Miller and Mark Northam and a running time of 98 minutes. Its previous version ran 79 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971)
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Lilian Gish,the first thespian of the silent era...
This is the definitive version of the classic:do yourself a favor and forget the Demi Moore one which was released a few years back.
Any actress who takes on the part will be fatally compared with Mrs Gish and the favorite thespian of MM Griffith and Sjostrom is so powerful that she would outshine anyone.At a time when an actor had to manage without words,every performance of Lilian Gish ("the wind" "orphans in the storm" ) is a tour de force in itself.Running the whole gamut of human feelings,her portrayal displays every nuance of her fragility,her desperation and her hope against hope .But I will not try to describe it:just watch yourself.
Sjostrom's directing stood the test of time hands down and the story is absorbing until the very end.
Never forget that Mrs Gish made a great come back in the talkies which culminated in her sensational old lady in "the night of the hunter" (1955)
Any actress who takes on the part will be fatally compared with Mrs Gish and the favorite thespian of MM Griffith and Sjostrom is so powerful that she would outshine anyone.At a time when an actor had to manage without words,every performance of Lilian Gish ("the wind" "orphans in the storm" ) is a tour de force in itself.Running the whole gamut of human feelings,her portrayal displays every nuance of her fragility,her desperation and her hope against hope .But I will not try to describe it:just watch yourself.
Sjostrom's directing stood the test of time hands down and the story is absorbing until the very end.
Never forget that Mrs Gish made a great come back in the talkies which culminated in her sensational old lady in "the night of the hunter" (1955)
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- Feb 9, 2004
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- Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter
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- $430,290 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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