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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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 |
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 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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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