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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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Times (UK) Staff The Times (UK) 07/20/2020
Tess now rides in motor-cars, rings up on the telephone, and wears expensive gowns at night club... as a result, the story is ruined. Go to Full Review SMH Staff Sydney Morning Herald 07/20/2020
[The novel is] a sombre and rather powerful piece of writing. But having been stripped of its literary trappings and made Into a moving picture scenario for the multitude, it glares forth now as, old-fashioned and highly overwrought melodrama. Go to Full Review Robert F. Sisk Variety 07/18/2020
It should have made an excellent movie. The story is there, the atmosphere is ideal for settings, and the role for a dramatic actress has never been surpassed. But here it is only fair. Go to Full Review Robert E. Sherwood LIFE 10/07/2021
Marshall Neilan is at his best in his direction of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It is a remarkably fine piece of work on his part, and if the results are not all so good as they should be, the blame is not attributable to him. Go to Full Review Shadow Stage Photoplay 07/28/2020
Between the shadow of the censors and the changed viewpoint of today, this sombre Thomas Hardy novel has reached the screen minus most of its vitality. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Marshall Neilan

Director

Blanche Sweet

Tess Durbeyfield

Conrad Nagel

Angel Clare

Stuart Holmes

Alec D'Urberville

George Fawcett

John Durbeyfield

Joseph J. Dowling

The Priest
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Movie Info

Director
Marshall Neilan
Producer
Marshall Neilan
Screenwriter
Dorothy Farnum
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English