Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)
THOMAS HARDY'S Masterpiece of Literature Made Into a Masterpiece of the Screen Under the Direction of MARSHALL NEILAN
80 min
A young girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England. After moving on with her path, she gets married. All is well until her husband discovers her past. Leading her on a life of wandering, murder, and execution.
- Release date
- August 11, 1924
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Blanche Sweet as Teresa "Tess" Durbeyfield
- Conrad Nagel as Angel Clare
- Stuart Holmes as Alexander "Alec" D'Urberville
- George Fawcett as John Durbeyfield
- Victory Bateman as Joan Durbeyfield
- Courtenay Foote as Richard Crick
- Joseph J. Dowling as The Parson
- Billy Butts as Little Boy
- George Hickman as Undetermined Secondary Role
- Babe London as Undetermined Secondary Role
Crew
- Marshall Neilan · Director
- Thomas Hardy · Writer
- Dorothy Farnum · Writer
- Charles E. Whittaker · Writer
- David Kesson · Cinematographer
- Daniel J. Gray · Editor