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The Scarlet Letter

  • 1934
  • G
  • 1h 9min
NOTE IMDb
5,4/10
547
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Hardie Albright, Cora Sue Collins, William Farnum, and Colleen Moore in The Scarlet Letter (1934)
Drames historiquesRomance tragiqueTragédieDrameRomance

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn 17th-century Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing an out-of-wedlock daughter.In 17th-century Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing an out-of-wedlock daughter.In 17th-century Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing an out-of-wedlock daughter.

  • Réalisation
    • Robert G. Vignola
  • Scénario
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • Leonard Fields
    • David Silverstein
  • Casting principal
    • Colleen Moore
    • Hardie Albright
    • Henry B. Walthall
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  • NOTE IMDb
    5,4/10
    547
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Robert G. Vignola
    • Scénario
      • Nathaniel Hawthorne
      • Leonard Fields
      • David Silverstein
    • Casting principal
      • Colleen Moore
      • Hardie Albright
      • Henry B. Walthall
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    • 14avis des critiques
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    Colleen Moore
    Colleen Moore
    • Hester Prynne
    Hardie Albright
    Hardie Albright
    • Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
    Henry B. Walthall
    Henry B. Walthall
    • Roger Chillingworth
    Cora Sue Collins
    Cora Sue Collins
    • Pearl
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Bartholomew Hockings
    Virginia Howell
    Virginia Howell
    • Abigail Crakstone
    William Kent
    • Sampson Goodfellow
    • (as William T. Kent)
    William Farnum
    William Farnum
    • Gov. Bellingham
    Betty Blythe
    Betty Blythe
    • Innkeeper
    Al O. Henderson
    • Master Wilson
    • (as Al C. Henderson)
    Jules Cowles
    Jules Cowles
    • Beadle
    Mickey Rentschler
    Mickey Rentschler
    • Digerie Crakstone
    • (as Mickey Rentchler)
    Shirley Jean Rickert
    Shirley Jean Rickert
    • Humility Crakstone
    Flora Finch
    Flora Finch
    • Faith Bartle--Gossip
    Tommy Bupp
    Tommy Bupp
    • Marching Boy
    • (non crédité)
    Iron Eyes Cody
    Iron Eyes Cody
    • Indian
    • (non crédité)
    Dorothea Wolbert
    Dorothea Wolbert
    • Mistress Allerton
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Robert G. Vignola
    • Scénario
      • Nathaniel Hawthorne
      • Leonard Fields
      • David Silverstein
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    6t-dooley-69-386916

    A charming film of a great novel from the early talkies.

    Made in 1934 not long after the 'talkies' took over from the silent era this is one of the many versions of the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It has been made many times and I still love the 1995 version with Demi Moore and Gary Oldman. Here we have Colleen Moore (who was a star of the silent era) playing the fallen woman Esther Prynne – ordered to wear the scarlet letter 'A' for adultery to ever mark her sin and shame.

    Hardie Albright plays the Reverend Arthur Dimmsdale and they still do that acting without words that was reminiscent of earlier filmatic days. They manage to get a lot of chemistry going despite the limited dialogue in places. There is also some humour ably supplied by a strong supporting cast. One of which is an early appearance of Alan Hale who went on to appear in many of Errol Flynn's films.

    It is a poor quality audio but it does not detract from the overall feel of this time piece of a film. Made about history it has become a part of cinema history in its own right. I really enjoyed it as I love films from all eras. If you are a film history fan then this will be one you will be pleased to have seen.
    7planktonrules

    Not perfect, but still very watchable.

    This movie was made by Majestic Films and has fallen into the public domain. If you'd like to see it, click the link on IMDb and you can either watch it online or download it for later viewing.

    "The Scarlet Letter" begins with a prologue which, frankly, was really, really stupid and sought to undo some of the impact of the film. It talked of Puritans and their harsh ways and then described them as being '...a necessity of the times'! What?! What idiot decided to hedge the film's bets by trying to make the Puritans seem like cool folk--and nothing like Hawthorne's novel! This film features some rather familiar actors. Colleen Moore is in the lead, and while she is pretty much forgotten today, was a huge star at the time and in the late silent era. In addition, the ubiquitous Henry Walthall and William Farnum (both silent stars) are on hand as is Alan Hale. Oddly, Hale has been inserted as comic relief--and I certainly didn't think that this novel was a comedy!! However, apart from this inappropriate addition and the stupid prologue, the rest of the film is reasonably close to the novel and is quite good--though some of the more allegorical aspects have been removed--making the story more straight-forward and less symbolic. The only noticeable shortcoming in the film I haven't mentioned is the lack of incidental music--a sure sign of a low-budget production. Still, with such a small budget, the acting and production as a whole was worthy of Hawthorne's novel.
    4sddavis63

    A Somewhat "Old" Feeling In A Sometimes "Bland" Movie But It's Passable

    I have to confess that - aside from the broad brushstrokes - I'm largely unfamiliar with the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and so am not able to speak to the faithfulness of this movie to that story. Judged on its merits as a movie, this wasn't bad. The struggle against sin and hypocrisy was fairly well represented, the judgmentalism of the early Puritan community in which its set is clearly portrayed. Having said that, it's rather bland and unemotional at times (which, admittedly, fits the stereotype of an early Puritan community) although in the few scenes in which there is emotion (I think particularly of the closing scene with Dimmesdale's public confession) that emotion is well portrayed. The settings here seemed wrong. In particular I thought the homes that were shown looked far too comfortable for the 1640's. Some of the performances (especially I thought that of Hardie Albright as Dimmesdale, with the exception of that closing scene) seemed a bit forced, although I appreciated the attempt to mix some humour into a movie that could have been very heavy, as Alan Hale and William Kent portray the attempts of Hockings to help Goodfellow court the widow Crakstone, although in some ways (again, I haven't read the novel) that seemed unconnected to the overall story. In the lead role, Colleen Moore was good as Hester Prynne, although she didn't dominate the movie in the way you would expect the lead to do. In terms of the overall quality of the movie compared to others of the era, I find the 1930's a strange decade. Some of its films seem quite modern, while others seem very old. This version of "The Scarlet Letter" seems to fit into the latter group. 4/10
    4lugonian

    Immortal Hawthorne novel gets poverty row treatment

    "The Scarlet Letter" (Majestic, 1934), directed by Robert G. Vignola, is the first sound screen adaptation to the immortal novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, set in 18th century Massachusetts, starring former silent movie comedienne Colleen Moore in what was to become her final screen appearance.

    Filmed eight years after the silent MGM 1926 success that starred Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson, this sound adaptation differs from the earlier film in both continuity as well as production values. In the silent version, Hester Prynne (Gish), a seamstress whose husband is away at sea, meets the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale (Hanson), who falls in love with her unaware that she is married. However, she becomes pregnant with his child and after the baby's birth, she keeps Dimmesdale's secret that he is the father in spite of the punishment she must face. In the sound version, set in 1642, the story starts off almost immediately in which the viewer finds Hester Prynne (Moore), already a mother, holding her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms, standing in front of the congregation. She is on trial for having the child out of wedlock and because she refuses to name the father of her baby, for her humiliation and punishment she must wear the scarlet letter "A" over her bosom for the rest of her natural life. Henry B. Walthall, who plays Roger Prynne, Hester's middle-aged husband in both 1926 and 1934 versions, appears in the near beginning of the story while in the silent version, his character makes his appearance almost an hour from the start of the film. In the two versions, his character returns home from his long sea journey to find his young wife has beared forth a child that is obviously not his, thus, and to save face, decides to be known through the community as Doctor Roger Dillingwell. Hester, in turn keeps her husband's identity a secret, knowing that his avenge is to learn the father's identity. Moving forward to 1647, Hester's daughter, Pearl (Cora Sue Collins), now five, must face her own humiliation by being an outcast to the neighborhood children, who refuse to play with her, and being insulted by their mothers, unaware as to why she is being treated just as cruelly as her mother, who steps in on Pearl's behalf after one scene finding Pearl getting mud thrown at her by the other children. As for the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale (Hardie Albright), he silently suffers for being worshiped by his congregation, unable to confess to all, through a promise he had made to Hester to keep silent, that he is the one responsible for Hester's guilt, and continues to suffer until the climax.

    While "The Scarlet Letter" in 1926 was intelligently made and still holds up surprisingly well today, the 1934 adaptation might have equaled the earlier had it not been for its low production values and very slow pacing. Some of the dialog spoken has good intentions and meaning, but then sinks with some unnecessary comedy scenes (mostly by Alan Hale and William Kent) and poorly spoken dialog that unbalances the continuity to the story. At times I wonder what it would have been like had MGM itself remade "The Scarlet Letter" with Lillian Gish reprising her earlier role, with possibly Fredric March or Franchot Tone playing Dimmesdale. Would it have been a failure, or would it have been in the class of MGM's other literary works of that period, which include the 1935 releases of "David Copperfield," "Anna Karenina" and "A Tale of Two Cities?"

    Personally, after seeing "The Scarlet Letter" of 1934 several times, a public domain title available through numerous video and DVD sources, I find its real fault is its slow pacing, and sometimes the performance of Hardie Albright fails to bring forth the strong points to his character. Aside from the actors mentioned, the movie includes screen veterans William Farnum, Virginia Howell and Jules Cowles (who can also be seen in the 1926 version). Film buffs will delight into watching this rarely seen find, which did enjoy some frequent revivals during the early years of Cable TV in the 1980s, and making it's Turner Classic Movies premiere January 28, 2024, but others will find themselves falling asleep long before the movie is over. To learn more about the Hawthorne literary classic, just read the novel. (**)
    6dr_foreman

    Oddly faithful little relic

    I was struck by how faithful this film is to the original novel, comparatively speaking anyway (I've seen versions of Jane Eyre with a beautiful Jane, and versions of Moby Dick where Ahab wins!). The three main characters - Hester, Chillingworth, and the tortured Reverend, are all sensitively and accurately portrayed. The story is compacted, of course, but the essential elements are there.

    The only real let-down is the inclusion of strange, slapstick comic characters who show up every ten minutes, like clockwork, to perform some unfunny bit of business. A perverse part of me kinda liked them, maybe because they were so crass, and such an obvious attempt to lighten the mood. I also got a strange joy out of seeing some totally inappropriate costumes among the villagers, including what appeared to be a group of Conquistadors (!) loitering in the background.

    It's amazing that, despite these horribly incongruous elements, the film works pretty well.

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    • Anecdotes
      Henry B. Walthall played Chillingworth in both this and the silent version (La lettre écarlate (1926)).
    • Gaffes
      In the scene of Chillingworth visiting Hester at her home, the letter "A" on Hester's garment changes position. It starts out just below the border of her shawl collar, and soon after is seen to be nearer to her waist.
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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 18 septembre 1934 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Site officiel
      • arabuloku.com
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • 緋文字
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
    • Société de production
      • Larry Darmour Productions
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    • Durée
      • 1h 9min(69 min)
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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