The Scarlet Letter (1934) English Movie Review
The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 English Film made in India directed by Robert G Vignola starring Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B Walthall, Cora Sue Collins, Alan Hale and others. The movie tells the story of a Boston woman before Boston became a city. The film was first released on 18 September 1934 in USA and re-released on 6 June 2006.
At the end of the 17th century an impetuous woman of noble birth but poor arrives in Boston when it was just a village rather than a city. After having a baby out of wedlock. She marries an old doctor and tries to change her life. From famous novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Taglines
* Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic tale of sin & redemption!
Cast and Crew
- Cast: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B Walthall, Cora Sue Collins, Alan Hale
- Director: Robert G Vignola
- Format: DVD
- Label: Vale Entertainment
- Catalog No: VEL-MD-018
- DVD Region: All Region
- No Of Disks: 1
- Certification: A
- Runtime: 70 minutes
- Video: NTSC
- Country: India
- Language: English
- Year: 1934
- Color/BW: BW
- Category: Feature Film
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 69 min
Technical Specifications
- Color info: Black and White
- Sound mix: Mono
- Negative format: 35 mm
- Process: Spherical
- Printed format: 35 mm
- Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
Detailed Starcast
Writers
Novel “The Scarlet Letter”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Leonard Fields Writer
David Silverstein Writer
Producers
Larry Darmour … producer
Cast
Colleen Moore … Hester Prynne
Hardie Albright … Arthur Dimmesdale
Henry B. Walthall … Roger Chillingworth
Cora Sue Collins … Pearl
Alan Hale … Bartholomew Hockings
Virginia Howell … Abigail Crakstone
William T. Kent¹ … Sampson Goodfellow
William Farnum … Gov. Bellingham
Betty Blythe … Innkeeper
Al O. Henderson … Master Wilson
Jules Cowles … Beadle
Mickey Rentschler … Digerie Crakstone
Shirley Jean Rickert … Humility Crakstone
Other credited cast listed alphabetically
Tommy Bupp … Marching boy (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody … Indian (uncredited)
Flora Finch … Faith Bartle, the Gossip (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert … Mistress Allerton (uncredited)
Cinematographers
James S. Brown Jr.
Editors
Charles Harris
Production Designers
Frank Dexter
Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors
J.A. Duffy¹ … assistant director
Sound Department
Thomas J. Lambert¹ … sound recordist
Music Department
Abe Meyer … music supervisor
Mischa Bakaleinikoff … composer: stock music (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld … composer: stock music (uncredited)
William Schiller … composer: stock music (uncredited)
Production Companies
Larry Darmour Productions
Distributors
Capitol Film Exchange (1934) (USA) (theatrical) (states rights system)
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