tess of the storm country be possibly the best movie of all of mary pickford film . at two hour and it be quite long for a 1922 silent film yet continue to hold your interest some 80 year after it be film . mary give one of her fine performance at time the role seem like a great hit performance with bit of mary the innocent and mary the little devil and mary the little mother and mary the spitfire and mary the romantic heroine and etc . characteristic that often be use throughout a single film in the past . the movie be surprisingly frank about one support character illegitimate child for 1922 and at one point our little mary be think the unwed mother in question . if the academy award have be around in 1922 and no doubt the best actress oscar for the year would have be mary .