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      Tess of the Storm Country

      1922 2h 17m Drama List
      100% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 86% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A woman (Mary Pickford) faces social ostracism when she claims an illegitimate child as her own. Read More Read Less

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      Variety Staff Variety Little Mary Pickford comes into her own. As the little, expressive-eyed tatterdemalion of the Lake Cayuga shores, Pickford sticks another feather in her movie crown. May 11, 2018 Full Review NYT Staff New York Times With Miss Pickford and the others in the cast to vitalize its characters and John S. Robertson to give them sympathetic direction, the thing comes to life. You find yourself believing it most of the time. Against your better judgment, you enjoy it. Mar 25, 2006 Full Review Robert E. Sherwood LIFE No one can deny that [Pickford] has made a beautiful picture of it, or that John S. Robertson's treatment of the story is not one hundred per cent. better than the direction in the original. But the plot of the piece creaks with age. Oct 6, 2021 Full Review Harriette Underhill New York Tribune The photography is gorgeous! Sep 11, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: B Jan 22, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member only film Pickford did and then re-filmed Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This is only the 3rd (of many I plan on seeing) Mary Pickford film I've see ( the other 2 being "Sparrows" and "Stella Maris") and I can see why she was a very popular actress in her day. Not just a pretty face, but a great actress who's characters you're always rooting for. "Tess" was very well done and all the characters in the story were interesting. A story of not only how rich people view the less fortunate but also how some people would let others rot in jail instead revealing the truth. I LIKED ( not loved, I thought Stella Maris was better) this silent movie and look forward to enjoy more from Mary Pickford Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Perhaps the best silent film I have ever seen. Mary Pickford is fantastic in this engrossing version of Grace Miller White's novel. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Tess, as played by Mary Pickford, shows what it means to be a true Christian (and I don't mean that in a preachy way). She just underlines the hypocrisy of her so-called "betters." Excellent film for anyone who thinks that Pickford only played little girls in ringlets. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Technically a bit compromised due to age, but the message is a great tale of Christian hypocrisy. The gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' is wide. A wonderful story of loyalty, love and true Christian charity. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorite Mary Pickford movies. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cry harder... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A woman (Mary Pickford) faces social ostracism when she claims an illegitimate child as her own.
      Director
      John S. Robertson
      Screenwriter
      Elmer Harris
      Genre
      Drama
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 13, 1999
      Runtime
      2h 17m