Tess of the Storm Country (1932 film)
| Tess of the Storm Country | |
|---|---|
 Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor | |
| Directed by | Alfred Santell |
| Screenplay by | Sonya Levien S. N. Behrman |
| Based on | Grace Miller White(novel) Rupert Hughes(play) |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
| Edited by | Ralph Dietrich (*uncredited) |
| Music by | Louis De Francesco (*uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White and its adaptation for the stage by Rupert Hughes.[2][3]
Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929). Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two films and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.
The film's copyright was renewed in 1960.[4]
Plot
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Tess Howland
- Charles Farrell as Frederick Garfield, Jr.
- Dudley Digges as Captain Howland
- Dan Green as Katsura
- June Clyde as Teola Garfield
- Claude Gillingwater as Frederick Garfield Sr.
- George Meeker as Dan Taylor
- Sarah Padden as Old Martha
- Edward Pawley as Ben Letts
See also
References
- ^ "Tess of the Storm Country (1932) Release Info". IMDb.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1932-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Tess of the Storm Country
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Parts 12-13: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips Jan-Dec 1960: Vol 14 No 1-2". U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1960.
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