In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.

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Lillian Gish

Lars Hanson

Henry B. Walthall

Karl Dane

William H. Tooker