Movie: Tess of the Storm Country

Top 8 Billed Cast

Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor

Tess Howland

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.

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1932-11-20

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Live Again through the Ecstasy of Young Love

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  • Languages:

    English
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