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Tess of the Storm Country

1922118 minUnited States
Drama
Video edition
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
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117:07
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Synopsis

A young woman defends a settlement of impoverished families against the landowner determined to expel them. His son sympathises with her, while his daughter faces a private crisis she cannot safely reveal at home. Protecting others places Tess in conflict with both property rights and the judgments of a community that already treats her as an outsider.

Cast

DirectorsJohn S. Robertson

Behind the scenes

Mary Pickford revisited a role she had played in 1914, using a larger production to retell Grace Miller White's story. The return to Tess draws on the combination of resilience and vulnerability central to Pickford's screen popularity.

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