The Scarlet Letter
1927 · 1h 37m · Drama, History · United States of America
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
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adulteressclergymanlovelove childministermissing husbandout of wedlock childpublic humiliationpunishmentreverendseamstresssilent filmsingle motherstigma
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