Adaptations

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"The film tells the story of a noble but poor woman who arrives at Boston in the 17th century. There she marries an old but quite rich doctor but does not become happy." Given 4.4/10 stars. [] || "This is an adequate and generally faithful screen version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter". It is sometimes lacking in energy and dramatic tension, but both the story and its heroine are tough to do justice to on screen, and of the various attempts to do so, only the silent version with Lillian Gish has ever really worked. This features Colleen Moore as Hester, and it brings out the main points of the story well enough." [] || "The story moved me and has endured as a favorite. I was delighted to see that this version had finally come to video a few years ago, and was as beautiful as I remembered. I get so much more out of the dialogue now, and although the effects are as cheesy as you might expect from a PBS miniseries from over 20 years ago, the music is still affecting, and the performances excellent. It's gorgeously filmed in and around New England, and the "making of" shorts included on the video are a nice touch. As I recall, the story is very close to the original -- a notable difference being the color of Hester Prynne's eyes, which were black in the story, but are light blue in this version." [] || "It's always great coming out of a cinema being pleasantly surprised by an enjoyable movie and that's exactly what happened! I've always been a fan of fast witty dialogue and this movie definitely delivers! Virtually every character in the movie whether minor or major seems to have something funny to say, and while there wasn't a lot of ROFL moments, there were quite a few LOL's throughout the movie! To me, it's one of those movies perfect for a Friday night to unwind from work without having to use too many brain cells (but enough so that you don't walk out of there thinking you'd wasted your time and intellect!)" [] || "Acclaimed American composer **Lori Laitman** has teamed up with award-winning American poet David Mason to create a new dramatic opera, The Scarlet Letter. Themes of self identity versus community perception have presented poet **David Mason** with a fertile ground for the challenge of creating his first opera libretto. "The Scarlet Letter is better suited to opera than any novel I have ever read. To begin with, its dramatic structure has particular clarity and resonance ....This is an exciting story about duplicity and love, the tragic possibility of America." [] ||
 * (The Scarlet Letter 1917) (no cover)
 * < (The Scarlet Letter 1934)
 * (The Scarlet Letter TV miniseries)
 * (Let's Not And Say We Did.)
 * (The Scarlet Letter (Opera))

**//Film Adaptaions//**  (Wikipedia)
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1908 film), starring Gene Gauntier and Jack Conway
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1911 film), starring Lucille Young and King Baggot
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1913 film), starring Linda Arvidson and Murdock MacQuarrie
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1917 film), starring Mary Martin and Stuart Holmes
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1920 film), produced by Selznick Pictures Corporation
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1922 film), a British version starring Sybil Thorndike and Tony Fraser
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1926 film), starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1934 film), starring Colleen Moore and Hardie Albright
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1973 film), a German version starring Senta Berger and Hans Christian Blech
 *  The Scarlet Letter (TV miniseries) (1979) starring Meg Foster, Kevin Conway, and John Heard
 *  //The Scarlet Letter// (1995 film), starring Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, and Robert Duvall