Tess of the Storm Country
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Tess of the Storm Country

Live Again through the Ecstasy of Young Love

7.0 / 10 1932 1h 20mNR 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

Janet Gaynor

Tess Howland

Lead
Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Captain Howland

June Clyde

June Clyde

Teola Garfield

Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Frederick Garfield Sr

George Meeker

George Meeker

Dan Taylor

Sarah Padden

Sarah Padden

Old Martha

Edward Pawley

Edward Pawley

Ben Letts

Charles Farrell

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.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Tess of the Storm Country is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker