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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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Good Melodrama & A Showcase For Pickford
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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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Besides being a good melodrama with some fine moments, the role of Tess offers Mary Pickford quite a showcase, providing some good comic moments, a number of moving scenes, and some tense confrontations. You can see why it was not only one of her most popular roles, but also one of her own favorites. The story is quite involved and sometimes thought-provoking, although there is more than one occasion when it sacrifices believability for cinematic effect.
At the beginning it introduces an interesting assortment of characters, and sets up the conflicts to come between the family of rich, mean-spirited Elias Graves and the poor squatters (including Tess), whom Graves is devoted to driving out. The tumultuous events that follow test their loyalties and perspectives. It does have more implausible or coincidence-laden developments than do most of Pickford's movies, but if you can suspend disbelief on those occasions, it's an entertaining story that makes you care about the characters. It's also quite a bit longer than most of Pickford's features, but that is primarily because there is so much going on; there aren't too many slow spots. In its time it was one of her signature roles, and it's still well worth watching.