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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 film starring Mary Pickford. Squire Elias Graves is a wealthy aristocrat who owns a home on a cliff overlooking a lake. Some desperately poor squatters live on the lakeshore, and for no particular reason Squire Graves seeks to clear them out. First he seeks to evict them, and then, when the squatters' lawyer points out that they have the legal right to live there, he confiscates their fishing nets. Pickford plays the eponymous Tess, who rallies her friends and neighbors in the squatter village to fight against Squire Graves. At the same time, she is falling in love with the Squire's handsome young son Frederick. If that isn't complicated enough, Tess's father is accused of a murder he didn't commit, and Frederick's sister Teola has a secret.Tess of the Storm Country is the oldest Pickford feature film to survive. It was directed by Edwin S. Porter. Porter had once been a pioneer of early cinema, having directed The Great Train Robbery back in 1903, but by 1914 the movies had passed him by and Tess of the Storm Country looks creaky and old-fashioned even by 1914 standards. Pickford would later say that "he knew nothing about directing. Nothing." However, that didn't stop Tess of the Storm Country from being a big success and helping to cement Pickford as one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Pickford made this film again in 1922; it was the only remake she ever made.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); }) | |
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Diabolus ex Machina / The Plot Reaper: Teola is pregnant. But Dan will do the right thing and marry her, right? No, because he was killed in an accident while he and Frederick were away together at college. | |
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Better Manhandle the Murder Weapon | |
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Better Manhandle the Murder Weapon: The squatters have been reduced to poaching. When one of Squire Graves's goons tries to stop them, Ben Letts picks up a shotgun and shoots him to death. Pa Skinner naturally picks up the murder weapon, and is arrested. | |
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Aristocrats Are Evil: Squire Graves has no discernible motive for trying to drive out the poor people who live at the foot of his cliff, other than maybe disliking them for spoiling his view. | |
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Caught in the Rain: Both Frederick/Tess and Beta Couple Dan and Teola are caught in a rainstorm. Frederick and Tess take shelter in her shack, but Tess is pure, so she rejects his kiss and they sleep on separate cots. Teola is less pure, and Dan knocks her up. | |
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