USA,
1934, 79 min
Shown in 1981
CREDITS
- dir
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William Dieterle
- scr
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Edward Chodorov
- cam
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Sol Polito
- cast
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Dolores Del Rio, Reginald Owen, Arthur Treacher, Anita Louise, C. Aubrey Smith, Hobart Cavanaugh, Halliwell Hobbes, Victor Jory
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COMMENTS
Shown at Dolores Del Rio in-person tribute. Not listed in festival catalog.
FACTOID #51
The first silent film screened at the Festival (now an annual tradition) was The Scarlet Letter (1924) by the great Swedish director Victor Sjöström, on October 24, 1968. The film’s star, Lillian Gish, was honored with an in-person tribute two days later.
