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Puritan Passions is a 1923 silent film directed by Frank Tuttle, based on Percy MacKaye 's 1908 play The Scarecrow, which was itself based on Nathaniel Hawthorne 's short story "Feathertop". The film stars Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, and stage actor Osgood Perkins.
Puritan Passions: Directed by Frank Tuttle. With Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, Osgood Perkins, Maude Hill. Goody Rickby conspires with Satan to avenge herself when Gillead Wingate refuses to acknowledge their illegitimate child. Years pass, and Wingate becomes a powerful figure in his Salem, Massachusetts, community.
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- Drama
- Frank Tuttle
- 1923-09-09
Directed by Frank Tuttle. Goody Rickby has a child out of wedlock, but it dies when the father, Gillead Wingate, refuses to acknowledge the child or help the mother get medical aid. Wingate becomes one of the foremost figures in the witch hunts, and Goody plots her revenge with Dr. Nicholas, who is really the Devil. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres.
- Frank Tuttle
- Film Guild
Frederick Shepherd Converse Music. Critics reviews. Goody Rickby is impregnated by the wealthy Gilead Wingate, after which he refuses to accept the responsibility of fatherhood. Goody decides to use black magic to get revenge on Wingate.
Puritanism has a reputation for being emotionally dry, but seventeenth-century Puritans did not only have rich and complex emotional lives, they also found meaning in and drew spiritual strength from emotion. From theology to lived experience and from joy to affliction, this volume surveys the wealth and depth of the Puritans' passions.
The Puritans were, as everyone knows, very vigorous people, yet there seems to be very little talk about human passions in early New England. Actually, the role of passions in early America is a problem which concerns not only the students of Puritanism.
Dr. Nicholas breathes life into a scarecrow (Glenn Hunter), which he plans to marry off to Rachel, Wingate's ward (Mary Astor). When the truth is discovered -- that Lord Ravensband is a mere scarecrow brought to life -- Wingate will be charged with practicing witchcraft and put to death.
