Tess of the Storm Country
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| Directed by | John S. Robertson |
| Produced by | Mary Pickford |
| Written by | Elmer Harris |
| Starring | Mary Pickford Lloyd Hughes |
| Cinematography | Paul Eagler Charles Rosher Sr. |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1922 |
| Running time | 118 min. (10 reels) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.
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[edit] Plot
Tess is the daughter of a squatter, and wealty man Elias Graves, who owns the land, is trying to get rid of them and the other squatter families. Tess is just as determined to make sure they all stay. Graves' son, Frederick, is on her side. When Frederick's sister Teola becomes pregnant out of wedlock, Tess protects her by claiming the child as her own. She is ostracized and the infant is refused baptism, so Tess sneaks into the church and does her own ritual.
[edit] Cast
- Mary Pickford
- Lloyd Hughes
- Gloria Hope
- David Torrence
- Forrest Robinson
- Jean Hersholt
- Danny Hoy
- Robert Russell
- Gus Saville
- Madame De Bodamere
- Milton Berle
- Jeanne Carpenter
[edit] 1932 Sound Version
The movie was remade as an energetic 1932 film with Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927). The sound version of Tess of the Storm Country was directed by Alfred Santell.
[edit] Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Tess Howland
- Charles Farrell as Frederick Garfield, Jr.
- Dudley Digges as Captain Howland
[edit] Other versions
There are two other versions of this film, the first in 1914 and the last in 1960.
[edit] External links
- Tess of the Storm Country (1914) at the Internet Movie Database I have expertise on this version. Craig Rosenthal broadwayhistory@msn.com
- Tess of the Storm Country (1922) at the Internet Movie Database
- Tess of the Storm Country (1932) at the Internet Movie Database
- Tess of the Storm Country (1960) at the Internet Movie Database
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