The Scarlet Letter/In Popular Culture

The following is a list of references to The Scarlet Letter in popular culture. Please note that entires with Wikipedia articles are cited only.

Contents 1 Film 2 Literature 3 Music 4 Opera 5 Plays 6 Television 7 Other 8 References

Film

• 1908: film version directed by Sidney Olcott starring Gene Gauntier, Jack Conway, and Ruth Roland
• 1911: The Scarlet Letter co-directed by George Loane Tucker, adapted by Herbert Brenon, and starring Lucille Young, King Baggot, Robert Z. Leonard, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Anita Hendrie
• 1913: film version starring Linda Arvidson and Murdock MacQuarrie
• 1917: film version directed by Carl Harbaugh, and starring Stuart Holmes with Kittens Reichert, presented by William Fox
• 1917: film version starring Werner Krauss
• 1922: film version adapted by Frank Miller, and starring Sybil Thorndike
• 1926: film version directed by Victor Sjostrom, adapted by Frances Marion, and starring Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, Joyce Coad, James A. Marcus, Margaret Mann, Polly Moran, Dorothy Vernon, Chief Yowlachie, and Iron Eyes Cody
• 1934: film version directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Colleen Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Betty Blythe, William Farnum, Alan Hale, Sr., Hardie Albright, and Shirley Jean Rickert
• 1973: Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe by Wim Wenders
• 1995: The Douglas Day Stewart script of The Scarlet Letter takes liberties with the original story
• 2004: The Scarlet Letter takes it title from the novel
• 2007: In Dan in Real Life, the novel is being read by Dan's daughter, Jane
• 2010: Easy A
• 2011: Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Literature

• 2005: The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster involves a plot to forge an original manuscript of the novel

• 1999: In Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, main character Melinda Sordinois reading The Scarlet Letter in her English class and compares herself to Hestor Prynne

Music

• 1957: In "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl for Me" from The Music Man, Harold Hill sings "I hope and I pray for Hester to win just one more 'A'"
• 1987: A Scarlet Letter album by Curtiss A takes it title from the novel
• 1990: Nirvana song "Old Age"
• 1996: Metallica song "The Thorn Within"
• 2001: Tool song "The Grudge"
• 2003: The Distillers song "Die on a Rope"
• 2005: Casting Crowns song "Does Anybody Hear Her?"
• 2006: The Clipse song "Pussy" (from Hell Hath No Fury)
• 2008: Mudvayne song "Scarlet Letters" (from The New Game)
• 2007: Feist's song "Past and Present"
• 2007: Mad Caddies song "Don't Go"
• 2008: Taylor Swift song "Love Story"
• 2010: Abdominal song "The Scarlet Letter SparkTune"

Opera

• 1896: The Scarlet Letter by Walter Damrosch and George Parsons Lathrop ^[1]
• 1934: Hester Prynne by Avery Claflin ^[1]
• 1938: The Scarlet Letter by Vittorio Giannini, starring Dusolina Giannini premiered at the Vienna State Opera
• 1959: The Scarlet Letter by Robin Milford
• 2001: The Scarlet Letter co-written by Simon Gray premiered at the Fringe Festival
• 2008: The Scarlet Letter by Lori Laitman and David Mason ^[2]

Plays

• 1999: In The Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks adapts elements and themes from the novel
• 2000: Fucking A by Suzan-Lori Parks also is inspired by the novel
• 2010: The Scarlet Letter by Naomi Iizuka premiered at the Intiman Playhouse
• 2011: The Scarlet Letter by Carol Gilligan and her son Jonathan, produced at Prime Stage Theatre

Television

• 1979: The Scarlet Letter PBS miniseries
• 1989: Referenced in Perfect Stangers episode "Wedding Belle Blues" (Season 4, Episode 22)
• 1993: Referenced in Roseanne episode "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" (Season 5, Episode 16)
• 1997: In The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror VII", Ms. Crabapple is shown with a red "A" on her chest
• 2000: Popular episode "Caged" adapts elements from the novel (Season 1, Episode 14)
• 2004: Quoted in One Tree Hill episode "Don't Take Me For Granted"
• 2006: Referenced in Gilmore Girls episode "You've Been Gilmored" (Season 6, Episode 14)

Other

• Out Campaign, Richard Dawkins's public awareness initiative for freethought and atheism, also uses a scarlet "A" logo.

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