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Tess of the Storm Country (1922)

Directed by John S. Robertson

Drama | Romance

Overview

Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters’ village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess’s father for murder. While maintaining her father’s innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves’ son a secret, while caring for Elias’ daughter’s illegitamate child.

Rated NR | Length 118 minutes

Actors

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 | Maxine Tabnac | Mavis Villiers

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
01/09/2019ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

In some ways better than the original version from 1914 but I actually liked Pickford’s performance in the original better.

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