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Tess of the Storm Country
“Live Again through the Ecstasy of Young Love”
7.0 / 10• 1932• 1h 20m•NR• English
RomanceDramaMystery
Storyline
When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long. A local millionaire, Frederick Garfield, lays a false claim to the property and has them evicted. Later, when Tess saves a young man about her age from drowning, she is a bit dismayed to learn that he is Garfield's son. But when her father is jailed on a false-accusation charge of murder, the younger Garfield comes to their aid and proves he himself.
Cast & Crew
Janet Gaynor
Tess Howland
Lead
Dudley Digges
Captain Howland
June Clyde
Teola Garfield
Claude Gillingwater
Frederick Garfield Sr
George Meeker
Dan Taylor
Sarah Padden
Old Martha
Edward Pawley
Ben Letts
Charles Farrell
Frederick Garfield Jr.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alfred Santell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tess of the Storm Country is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
