Judge, 1922-10-14 · page 16 of 36
Judge — October 14, 1922 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page promotes a Mary Pickford film adaptation of Grace Miller White's novel. It's not satire but rather a studio advertisement in *Judge* magazine. The content identifies the cast: Pickford as "Tess," a poor fisher-girl protagonist; Lloyd Hughes as a young man; Gus Saville and Jean Hersholt as supporting characters (a "woman-eating shark" villain and father figure). Director John S. Robertson receives credit for ensuring authentic "storm-swept" production values. The text nostalgically frames the story as a beloved classic audiences wish to revisit, emphasizing Pickford's star power ("America's sweetheart"). The atmospheric background photograph shows a fishing village setting establishing the story's humble, dramatic milieu. This represents early Hollywood's practice of advertising films through magazine spreads featuring cast photos and plot summaries rather than satirical commentary.
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Tess’s home in the dreary little fishing village, where this poor, tat- tered child battledagainst the storm of life MARY Gus_ Saville, Lloyd Hughes PICKFORD Sond ht as F d Graves, . Logan, tells . in Tess her oun, ver ‘ of the tittle father’s a mur- derer mad **’Dess of the Storm Country” HERE are no friends like old friends. Somewhere in the depths of our hearts there is the remem- brance of a favorite story which, however dimmed by time, fills us with an irresistible desire to re Such a story is Grace Miller White’s * Storm Country,” in which ‘America’s sweetheart” is again to be ‘seen. As Tess, the plucky little fisher girl, once again will she ensnare us in her nets. Jean Hersholt as Ben Letts, the woman- eating shark of this fish story John S. Robert- son, whose histri- onic eye saw to it that Tess was properly storm- swept