The Scarlet Letter (1926 film)
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The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) is a silent drama directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Lillian Gish, adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel about sin, guilt, and social judgment in Puritan New England.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Scarlet Letter ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| character |
Hester Prynne
ⓘ
Pearl ⓘ Arthur Dimmesdale ⓘ
surface form:
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale
Roger Chillingworth ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Hendrik Sartov
ⓘ
Milton Moore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Victor Sjöström ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| filmVersionOf |
The Scarlet Letter
ⓘ
surface form:
The Scarlet Letter (novel)
|
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Passed by state and local censors of the era ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | Silent film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Lillian Gish’s performance as Hester Prynne
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being a major silent-era adaptation of Hawthorne’s novel ⓘ |
| partOf | American silent cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Louis B. Mayer ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1926-09-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frances Marion ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New England Colonies
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surface form:
Puritan New England
|
| settingTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Fred Herzog
ⓘ
Henry B. Walthall NERFINISHED ⓘ James A. Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce Coad ⓘ Jules Cowles ⓘ Karl Dane ⓘ Lars Hanson ⓘ Lillian Gish ⓘ Marcelle Corday ⓘ William H. Tooker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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guilt ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ sin ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.