When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting too old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long: local millionaire,Frederick Garfield lays a false claim to the property and has them evicted. Later, when Tess saves a young man about her age from drowning, she is dismayed to learn that he is Garfield's son.
If you love the sight of Janet Gaynor looking wistful while wearing a wet shawl, this is absolutely worth your time today. It is a cozy, rainy-Sunday kind of movie made for people who miss when stories had simple good guys and villains who basically twirl their mustaches. But if you hate old-fashioned melodramas where ...
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"If you love the sight of Janet Gaynor looking wistful while wearing a wet shawl, this is absolutely worth your time today. It is a cozy, rainy-Sunday kind of movie made for people who miss when stories had simple good guys and villains who basically twirl their mustaches. But if you hate old-fashioned melodramas where everyone talks like they are shouting from a theater stage, you will probably want to throw your shoe at the screen. The plot is mostly about Tess and her dad getting kicked off t..."
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