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The Scarlet Letter
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Carl Harbaugh

Cast: Mary Martin (Mary G. Martin) [Hester Prynne], Stuart Holmes [Arthur Dimmesdale], Dan Mason [Roger Chillingworth], Kittens Reichert [Pearl], Edward N. Hoyt [Reverend Wilson], Robert Vivian [the governor], Florence Ashbrooke [Mistress Hibbins]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by [?] Carl Harbaugh and/or Adrian Johnson?, from an adaptation by Carl Harbaugh of the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Cinematography by Georges Benoît. Presented by William Fox. / © 11 February 1917 by William Fox [LP10163]. Released 12 Febuary 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as The Scarlet Letter (1913). The novel was subsequently filmed as The Scarlet Letter (1922).

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Listing updated: 28 October 2018.

References: Limbacher-Feature p. 214; Sklar-Movie p. 128; Tarbox-Lost p. 242 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.