Colleen Moore
Hester Prynne
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Synopsis
Hester Prynne bears a child outside marriage and refuses to identify the father. Forced to display a public mark of shame, she faces the judgments of a Puritan community. Her missing husband's return adds a private campaign of revenge to the punishment already imposed.
Cast
DirectorsRobert G. Vignola
Inspirations
This was the first sound adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel. Colleen Moore's dramatic lead and the reuse of elements associated with the 1926 version connect it to the silent-era tradition it followed.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Colleen Moore — Bain News Service · Public domain
- Hardie Albright — film screenshot (United Artists) · Public domain
- Henry B. Walthall — Tower Magazines, Inc., photographer unknown · Public domain
- Alan Hale — Unknown author · Public domain
