Tess of the Storm Country (1932 film)

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]

Tess of the Storm Country
Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor
Directed byAlfred Santell
Screenplay bySonya Levien
S. N. Behrman
Based onGrace Miller White(novel)
Rupert Hughes(play)
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringJanet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byRalph Dietrich (*uncredited)
Music byLouis De Francesco (*uncredited)
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release dates
  • November 19, 1932 (1932-11-19) (New Yotk City)
  • November 20, 1932 (1932-11-20) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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Cast

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Janet Gaynor

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References

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  1. ^ "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. ^ "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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