An exquisitely shot and directed film from Victor Sjostrom, but its tale of puritanical bigotry in 18th Century Boston is so divorced from our own societal sensibilities that many may struggle to connect with it. Lillian Gish is sublime as the woman who faces the wrath of her community after giving birth out of wedlock, but Lars Hanson is too overwrought as the respected preacher who impregnated her before departing for England.
Review of The Scarlet Letter
