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Tess of the Storm Country is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film. The movie stars Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges, and was directed by Alfred Santell and released by Fox Film Corporation. It is a remake of the 1922 silent film of the same name. It is based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. 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.
Original Release
11/20/1932
US Release
11/20/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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Janet Gaynor | Tess Howland |
Charles Farrell | Frederick Garfield Jr / Frederick Garfield Jr. |
Dudley Digges | Capt. Howland / Captain Howland |
June Clyde | Teola Garfield |
Claude Gillingwater | Frederick Garfield Sr |
George Meeker | Dan Taylor |
Sarah Padden | Old Martha |
Edward Pawley | Ben Letts |
Professor Peppy | Peppy - the Monkey |
Wilson Benge | Benton - the Butler |
Directors
Writers
Grace Miller White, Rupert Hughes, Sonya Levien, S.N. Behrman, William Rankin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Janet Gaynor | Tess Howland |
Charles Farrell | Frederick Garfield Jr / Frederick Garfield Jr. |
Dudley Digges | Capt. Howland / Captain Howland |
June Clyde | Teola Garfield |
Claude Gillingwater | Frederick Garfield Sr |
George Meeker | Dan Taylor |
Sarah Padden | Old Martha |
Edward Pawley | Ben Letts |
Professor Peppy | Peppy - the Monkey |
Wilson Benge | Benton - the Butler |
Stanley Blystone | Seaman |
Marjorie Campbell | Baby |
Louise Carter | Mrs. Garfield |
Nancy Crowley | Little Girl |
Ben Hall | Ezra |
Howard Hickman | Minister |
Eleanor Hunt | One of the Longman Sisters |
DeWitt Jennings | Game Warden |
Matty Kemp | Dillon |
Edward LeSaint | Judge |