Tess of the Storm Country

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Tess of the Storm Country

1922

2h 17m

Drama

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A woman (Mary Pickford) faces social ostracism when she claims an illegitimate child as her own.

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

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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

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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

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Harriette Underhill

New York Tribune

The photography is gorgeous!

Sep 11, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: B

Jan 22, 2013

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Audience Member

only film Pickford did and then re-filmed

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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John S. Robertson

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Mary Pickford

Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner

Lloyd Hughes

Frederick Graves

Gloria Hope

Teola Graves

Jean Hersholt

Ben Letts

David Torrence

Elias Graves

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Synopsis

A woman (Mary Pickford) faces social ostracism when she claims an illegitimate child as her own.

Director: John S. Robertson
Producer: Mary Pickford
Screenwriter: Elmer Harris
Genre: Drama
Release Date (DVD): Oct 13, 1999
Runtime: 2h 17m