Tess of the Storm Country (1922 film)

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Tess of the Storm Country
Directed by	John S. Robertson
Produced by	Mary Pickford
Written by	Elmer Harris
Starring	Mary Pickford Lloyd Hughes
Cinematography	Paul Eagler Charles Rosher Sr.
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	1922
Running time	118 min. (10 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
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Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 melodrama starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. The movie was remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.

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Tess is the daughter of a squatter, and wealthy man Elias Graves, who owns the land, is trying to get rid of them and the other squatter families. Tess is just as determined to make sure they all stay. Graves' son, Frederick, is on her side. When Frederick's sister Teola becomes pregnant out of wedlock, Tess protects her by claiming the child as her own. She is ostracized and the infant is refused baptism, so Tess sneaks into the church and does her own ritual.