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The Scarlet Letter
(1913) United States of America
Color : [?] Feature film?
Directed by David Miles

Cast: Linda Arvidson [Hester Prynne], Murdock MacQuarrie, Charles Perley

Kinemacolor Company of America production. / From the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. / Released 17 May 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Kinemacolor two-color process. / The novel was previously filmed as The Scarlet Letter (1911). The novel was subsequently filmed as The Scarlet Letter (1917).

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [incomplete (approximately one reel)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Color cinematography

Listing updated: 16 March 2011.

References: ClasIm-311 p. 16 : Website-GEM; Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.