Tess of the dUrbervilles (1924 film)
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Director Marshall Neilan Produced by Louis B. Mayer Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent film
English intertitles Release date August 11, 1924 (1924-08-11) Writer Thomas Hardy (novel), Dorothy Farnum (adaptation) Cast Blanche Sweet, Conrad Nagel, Stuart Holmes Genres Drama, Silent film, Black-and-white Similar movies Related Marshall Neilan movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tess of the d'Urbervilles was a 1924 American silent drama film starring Blanche Sweet, and Conrad Nagel. It was directed by Sweet's husband, Marshall Neilan. The film is the second motion picture adaptation of the novel by Thomas Hardy, which had been turned into a very successful 1897 play starring Mrs. Fiske. In 1913, Adolph Zukor enticed Mrs. Fiske to reprise her role in a film version which is now considered lost. The 1924 version is also considered lost.
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Plot
A young servant girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England when employed in his household. After moving on with her path, she gets married. All is well until her husband discovers her past. This fact prompts her on a life of wandering, murder, and execution.
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Differences from the novel
After the film was completed, Louis B. Mayer changed the tragic ending to a happy one, much to the annoyance of Neilan and Hardy.
References
Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924 film) WikipediaTess of the dUrbervilles (1924 film) IMDb