The Scarlet Letter

Ye olde curiousity, and a big mistake for Moore, trying to make the transistion to talkies and deep dramatic waters. She had built her silent career on being a comedic, perfect moderne, and what looked like a turnaround chance became an epic piece of miscasting. There were numerous other actresses around who could have improved on her--Colbert or even Loretta Young spring to mind. The script, probably to ease the bind the star found herself in, had a dimension of comedy added--god knows why, because LETTER, as you probably know, is an early American classic by Hawthorne about a woman forced to wear a letter on her chest in order to set her apart from the community ...