Overview

Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess's father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret, while caring for Elias' daughter's illegitamate child.

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Cast

Mary Pickford

Tessibel 'Tess' Skinner

Lloyd Hughes

Frederick Graves

Gloria Hope

Teola Graves

David Torrence

Elias Graves

Forrest Robinson

Orn 'Daddy' Skinner

Jean Hersholt

Ben Letts

Milton Berle

Bit Role (uncredited)

Jeanne Carpenter

(uncredited)

Mavis Villiers

Girl in Church (uncredited)