Underplayed Gems

The Scarlet Letter (1934)

The Scarlet Letter poster
Directed by
Robert G. Vignola
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman living in a 17th century Puritan settlement is publicly shamed and marked with a scarlet letter after having a child out of wedlock. She faces judgment and isolation from her community while raising her daughter.

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What happens

The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 American film directed by Robert G. Vignola and based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The film has been preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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