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The Scarlet Letter (1922)

The Scarlet Letter poster
Directed by
Challis Sanderson
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a Puritan community is punished for having a child out of wedlock. She faces public shame and isolation while keeping the identity of her lover a secret.

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What happens

The Scarlet Letter is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Challis Sanderson and starring Sybil Thorndike, Tony Fraser and Dick Webb. It is an adaptation of the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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