Tess of the D'Urbervilles

1913· Drama

Poor farmer Durbeyfield has been told by the village parson that he has noble relatives : the D'Urbervilles. His wife decides to send their daughter Tess to them in order to make a claim on their family's ancestral home in Wessex. Alec D'Urberville, the son of the squire, gives the girl a job but he also seduces her. Tess is soon pregnant but the baby dies and Alec forsakes her. She later marries Angel, the son of a parson, but their marriage will not be a happy one...

Cast: Minnie Maddern Fiske, Raymond Bond, David Torrence, John Steppling

Director: J. Searle Dawley