Nathaniel Hawthorne: Light in the Shadows

Duration: 0:23:00

Year Published: 1966

Creator: International Film Bureau | Unicorn Production Inc | Unicorn Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A film biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, produced in first person narration with many scenes shot on location. Complete biography with excerpts from several Hawthorne stories and considerable focus on the Scarlet Letter. , Provides a background for reading the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, particularly his two novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Alternates the "voice of Hawthorne" with a narrator to present both biographical facts and Hawthorne's view of the world as a mixture of light and shadow. Dramatizes brief excerpts from some of his stories, including "The Minister's Black Veil," "Feathertop," and "Rappaccini's Daughter."

Complete Record: , A film biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, produced in first person narration with many scenes shot on location. Complete biography with excerpts from several Hawthorne stories and considerable focus on the Scarlet Letter., Provides a background for reading the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, particularly his two novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. Alternates the "voice of Hawthorne" with a narrator to present both biographical facts and Hawthorne's view of the world as a mixture of light and shadow. Dramatizes brief excerpts from some of his stories, including "The Minister's Black Veil," "Feathertop," and "Rappaccini's Daughter."NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.