Tess of the Storm Country
by Grace Miller Whiteliterary work· published 1909
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Adaptations (3)
Tess of the Storm Country has been adapted into 3 films, from 1914 to 1960.
Tess of the Storm Country1914 · film · 80 min · dir. Edwin S. Porter · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0A young girl, squatting on a wealthy man's land fights for her fellow squatters' right to stay.
Tess of the Storm Country1932 · film · 80 min · dir. Alfred Santell · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long. A local millionaire, Frederick Garfield, lays a false claim to the property and has them evicted. Later, when Tess saves a young man about her age from drowning, she is a bit dismayed to learn that he is Garfield's son. But when her father is jailed on a false-accusation charge of murder, the younger Garfield comes to their aid and proves he himself.
Tess of the Storm Country1960 · film · 84 min · dir. Paul Guilfoyle · IMDb ↗IMDb5.4Fourth reworking of the classic Grace Miller White novel, this time updated to the 60s, with young Scottish lassie Tess (Diane Baker) becoming embroiled in a conflict about a toxic chemical plant near her new home in Pennsylvania.
