Tess of the Storm Country (1922 Silent Drama film)

Tess of the Storm Country is a 1922 silent film starring Mary Pickford, directed by John S. Robertson, and based upon a Grace Miller White novel. It is a remake of Pickford's film from eight years prior and was subsequently remade a decade later as a sound version starring Janet Gaynor.

Plot
17-year-old Tess Skinner is the daughter of a squatter, and wealthy man Elias Graves, who owns the land, is trying to get rid of them and the other squatter families. Tess is just as determined to make sure they all stay. Elias, however, grows more stubborn with failure. His determination to disperse the squatters has become an obsession.
He is determined to kick them out of his land, not caring they don't have another place to go to. Graves' son, Frederick, is on her side and doesn't think about squatters the way his father does. Frederick's sister Teola fears her father, who thinks obedience is more important than love. She has fallen in love with law student Dan Jordan and one night lets Dan understand that they cannot wait any longer to marry as she is pregnant with his child. Dan promises that they will run away together if Elias won't agree to them marrying.

Cast
Mary Pickford - Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner
Lloyd Hughes - Frederick Graves
Gloria Hope - Teola Graves
David Torrence - Elias Graves
Forrest Robinson - Orn 'Daddy' Skinner
Jean Hersholt - Ben Letts
Danny Hoy - Ezra Longman
Robert Russell - Mr. Daniel 'Dan' Jordan
Gus Saville - Old Man Longman
Madame De Bodamere - Mrs. Longman
Milton Berle - Bit Role (uncredited)
Jeanne Carpenter - (uncredited)

Production
Leading actress Pickford's previous film Little Lord Fauntleroy flopped critically. Pickford realized she had to make a movie the audience loved to see her in. She wanted to play the role again, because she loved the character and stated the crew had more abilities with a bigger budget and better technology.