Tess of the Storm Country (1932 film)

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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 byRalph Dietrich (*uncredited)
Music byLouis De Francesco (*uncredited)
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release dates
November 19, 1932 (New York premiere)
November 20, 1932 (United States)
1933 (Italy) [1]
January 9, 1933 (Sweden) [1]
January 15, 1933 (Finland) [1]
January 18, 1933 (Denmark) [1]
February 20, 1933 (Spain) [1]
June 3, 1933 (Portugal) [1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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]

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Janet Gaynor

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tess of the Storm Country (1932) Release Info". IMDb.
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1932-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Tess of the Storm Country
  4. https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr3141213libr/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater