have this be the original 1914 version of tess of the storm country ( also star mary pickford ) and i probably would have rat it a lot high and a this sort of extreme melodrama and sentimentality be pretty typical of the teen . however and by 1922 and this film be already start to show it age . and and compare to many of ms. pickford other film ( such a daddy longlegs and sparrow and my best girl and suds ) and tess come up a tad short and not every pickford film merit a 10 ( even if she be america sweetheart ) . now this isn not to say that it a bad film it certainly isn not . but and i just can not see how so many have give this film a 10. the film have a very long and complicate plot especially because most film of the era be short . a rich old crank build a mansion at the top of a hill next to the river . at the bottom of the hill be some dirty squatter who he hat but who he can not evict . so he try to come up with a variety of way to get them off the land . one end up in tragedy and when his daughter fiancé be kill in a scuffle with the po folk . the man accuse of the murder be dear old mary father and though he be innocent . to make thing a lot bad and the only witness to the real murder would not talk and the dead man have get his fiancée pregnant . so and at this point and we have an innocent man in prison wait to be execute and a pregnant lady afraid to tell her sanctimonious father she be in the family way . there a ton more to the film and such a the crank son fall in love with mary and but it best you just see the film for yourself . the film excels in some way . the plot and while very complicate and be also rather interesting and the cinematography be top notch . the very final scene be also pretty cute . however and there be so much overt sentimentality you can practically cut it with a knife . mary be so good and so sweet and so plucky and at time the viewer might find it all a bit hard to take . while it work great in 1922 ( make her the big star in the world ) and today it very date . this be not true of all her film and but this one certainly be . by the way and the image entertainment dvd be of decent quality and though a few scene be badly degrade something that isn not very surprising consider the age of the film . also and the only extra include be a brief filmography .