Tess of the Storm Country

In the film, Pickford stars as Tessibel Skinner, a poor but feisty squatter on the blustery shores of New York's Cayuga Lake who rises to heroism when her father (David Hartford) is falsely imprisoned for murder. When Tess agrees to care for the illegitimate baby of a wealthy friend (Olive Golden), she risks losing the love of Frederick (Harold Lockwood) and is condemned by his father, the unforgiving minister Elias Graves (W.R. Walters).