Maid of Salem

1937 · 86 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 477 VOTES · DIR. Frank Lloyd

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Overview

When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,419 lines

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00:02:08 (BELL TOLLING)
00:05:36 And very good learning, too.
00:08:59 and the river would be as red as blood.
00:12:44 Mistress Barbara Clarke.
00:15:31 See that you do. From now on
00:20:50 How are you, child? Very well, thank you.
00:24:04 to take for myself a fine piece of bottom land
00:26:46 Isn"t it good to hear a man laugh so freely?
00:30:42 I"m sorry, Aunt Ellen.
00:34:42 John.
00:37:10 Don"t you tell! No.
00:41:06 Can you truly go there?
00:44:49 For those we least suspect may be the devil"s servants
00:48:57 Because they"re beyond your skill, Doctor.
00:51:32 You took her there.
00:54:02 had caused your father"s death.
00:58:40 You"ll be my wife.
01:02:20 I never thought to see you again, sir.
01:06:15 For that night, I did have grievous pains in my left side
01:09:10 MORSE: Go on.
01:14:37 Come forward.
01:18:07 (SHUSHlNG)
01:21:08 But does that prove she was guilty any more than I am
01:24:52 First, it is my order that the tree on Gallows Hill be destroyed.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,419
Dialogue density16.5 lines / min
First line00:02:08
Final line01:24:52

Production Record

DirectorFrank Lloyd
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes477