Tess of the Storm Country | |
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![]() 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 |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1932 American pre-Code Fox Film Corporation drama film directed by directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Dudley Digges. 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 appeared in numerous films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928) and Lucky Star (1929).
The film's copyright was renewed in 1960. [4]
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In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Andre Sennwald called Tess of the Storm Country "a pleasant resurrection" of the story and wrote that the film is "excellently acted". [5]