Tess of the Storm Country

Nov 20, 1932

1h 20m

★ 6.0

Live Again through the Ecstasy of Young Love

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Tess Howland

Janet Gaynor

Captain Howland

Dudley Digges

Teola Garfield

June Clyde

Frederick Garfield Sr

Claude Gillingwater

Dan Taylor

George Meeker

Old Martha

Sarah Padden

Ben Letts

Edward Pawley

Frederick Garfield Jr.

Charles Farrell

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