uneducated and defiant and beautiful tess of the storm country be the daughter of a fisherman squatting on a rich man land . spirit and bold and she capture the heart of the millionaire son and but violence and terror and sudden death be what will haunt her immediate future before she can claim the sweet peace of happiness . mary pickford be utterly charm in this splendid and heart wrenching film . she consider tess to be her favorite role and she fill it with all the spunky joy and enthusiasm which make her for year the world most popular movie star . the story have all the essential element for a modern fairy tale and with mary the lovely and distressed heroine beset by all manner of dangerous and stressful situation . the atmospherics be first rate and with the outdoor fishing village set be particularly well conceive . in the support cast and jean hersholt stand out a the vile villain who try force pickford to marry him . hersholt and a very gentle soul off screen and manage brilliantly to depict his character complete moral corruption . this be actually the second time pickford film tess . a 1914 version have be one of her first important film and but it production value be a bit antiquate by the standard of the 1920 ( no close ups and for instance ) and mary and produce her own film and powerful enough by 1922 to make whatever film she want and decide for the only time in her career to remake a film . the end result certainly live up to her expectation . both film be very popular at the box office . a fascinating study for some future film researcher would be the influence of christianity in mary pickford life while it certainly run like a golden thread through the silent movie she produce . although the romanticism inherent in the very nature of silent cinema might cause these spiritual sentiment to appear somewhat awkward today and we be compel to accept them a sincere reflection and by their very repetition and of mary heartfelt belief . in tess and one beautiful scene in particular stand out in this regard represent pickford be teach herself to read use a bible . she indicate to lloyd hughes ( who play her sweetheart ) a word from near the back of the book that she do not understand . he mime it for her ( the word be obviously ` crucify ) and and eye turn heavenward a the full meaning of the sacrifice dawn upon her and mary face become positively beatific . a splendid new orchestral score for tess have be supply by jeffrey mark silverman which perfectly underscore the beauty and pathos of this wonderful film .