Silent film star Lillian Gish poses while working on the film "Broken Blossoms" in 1919. Gish's legacy will be celebrated during an Ohio Goes to the Movies event at the Cleveland Public Library on July 11. (AP Photo, File) AP

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Silent Film Festival & Colloquium is returning to Cleveland Public Library’s Louis Stokes Wing. The organization will screen the 1926 drama “The Scarlet Letter” on Saturday, July 11. 

The event is part of Ohio Goes to the Movies, the free, ongoing statewide film festival celebrating the Buckeye State’s contributions to the movie industry. 

“We’re excited to share the 1926 film adaptation of the classic American novel, ‘The Scarlet Letter,’ for America’s 250th birthday!” Emily Laurance, executive director of the CSFF, said in a statement. “Victor Sjöstrom’s version of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s haunting story is widely considered the best version on film, and it marks the first of two major cinematic collaborations between Sjöstrom and Ohio native Lillian Gish.”

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