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.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Lillian Gish
• Lars Hanson
• Henry B. Walthall
• Karl Dane
• William H. Tooker
• Marcelle Corday
• Fred Herzog
• Jules Cowles