The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 American film directed by Robert G. Vignola.

It was shot in Salem’s Pioneer Village and Sherman Oaks, California. It was the only film Colleen Moore ever said she made for the money. She was reportedly preparing to take her dollhouse on tour for charity, and saw the film as an opportunity to make a last film with friends.

Henry B. Walthall played Roger Chillingworth in both this and the 1926 silent version.

The film has been preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Plot
Hester Prynne has a child out of wedlock and refuses to name the father (who is a respected citizen). For this, she is sentenced to wear a red letter “A” (for adultery). Her husband is long missing and presumed dead. When the husband returns and finds his wife with another man’s child, he sets out to torture them. At last, the father reveals himself, with a letter “A” carved in his chest.

Cast
Colleen Moore as Hester Prynne
Hardie Albright as Arthur Dimmesdale
Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth
Cora Sue Collins as Pearl
Alan Hale as Bartholomew Hockings
Virginia Howell as Abigail Crakstone
William Kent as Sampson Goodfellow
William Farnum as Gov. Bellingham
Betty Blythe as Innkeeper
Al O. Henderson as Master Wilson
Jules Cowles as Beadle
Mickey Rentschler as Digerie Crakstone
Shirley Jean Rickert as Humility Crakstone
Flora Finch as Faith Bartle, the Gossip
Tommy Bupp as Marching Boy (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody as Native American (uncredited)