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12 November 1922 (USA)
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Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom...
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Another winner for Mary!
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(Complete credited cast) | Mary Pickford | ... | Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner |
 | Lloyd Hughes | ... | Frederick Graves |
| Gloria Hope | ... | Teola Graves |
| David Torrence | ... | Elias Graves |
| Forrest Robinson | ... | Orn 'Daddy' Skinner |
| Jean Hersholt | ... | Ben Letts |
| Danny Hoy | ... | Ezra Longman |
| Robert Russell | ... | Mr. Daniel 'Dan' Jordan |
| Gus Saville | ... | Old Man Longman |
| Madame De Bodamere | ... | Mrs. Longman |
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USA:118 min (1998 alternate version) | USA:137 min (18.7 fps)
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Referenced in Les portes tournantes (1988)
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Tess of the Storm Country was a Mary Pickford vehicle I had intended to get for some time. I finally found a VHS copy for a reasonable price and got to enjoy it.
Mary gives her typical spunky, innocently sexy portrayal of a wrong-side-of-tracks girl who wins the heart of a rich heir. Only this time the stakes are higher: a false murder charge, an illegitimate child (and ensuing case of mistaken motherhood) and contemplated suicide.
One can see why Pickford wanted to redo this one. The story is a real morality tale, the kind that she loved to star in. The controversial topics aren't always spelled out plainly; a viewer has to pay attention and pick up on hints to catch everything that is being implied on first viewing – although everything is more or less explained in the end.
About the only negative remark I can make would be concerning Jean Hersholt and the dog. Hersholt, whose character, Ben Letts, looks to be about 6-2, 200 pounds (bigger next to Mary, of course!), is sent fleeing in panic when a 60-pound chocolate lab charges toward him! Then, to top it off (or maybe to justify his perplexing fear of the dog), it manages to pin him to the ground and somehow injures him so badly that he is still struggling to get up much later, as a bad storm hits! This is the same lovable lab that sleeps with Frederick (Lloyd Hughes) and cuddles with Mary! Yet Mary later throws boiling water in Ben's face, which barely slows him! OK, I've vented about Ben and the chocolate lab! Other than that, the movie was quite touching and certainly held my attention. Pickford's supporting cast was strong and believable. This is certainly among her better films.