The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on February 8, 2015

One year, one film: 1926 The film: The Scarlet Letter, dir. Victor Sjostrom (credited as Victor Seastrom) starring Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane Rating: Recommended | Highly Recommended | MUST-SEE (Image via moviegoods.com) A wonderful contribution to the Gish Sisters Blog   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on September 8, 2013

This is my contribution to the Gish Sisters blogathon, being organised by  Movies Silently and The Motion Pictures blogs. Please note I will be discussing the whole plot of The Scarlet Letter, both the film and the book. Great Swedish director Victor Sjöström’s The Wind (1928) is regularly hai   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on April 27, 2013

The Scarlet Letter Directed by Robert G. Vignola 1934/USA Larry Darmour Productions First Viewing “It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Lette   read more