Name: The Secret of the Storm Country
Released: 1917
Cast: Norma Talmadge, Edwin D. Denison, J. Herbert Frank, Niles Welch, Ethel Grey Terry

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Nov 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Norma Talmadge Film Corp.

Distribution Company

Select Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on The Secret of the Storm Country by Grace Miller White (New York, 1917).

Synopsis

Spurned by the townspeople because her father is a squatter, Tess Skinner nevertheless wins the love of the wealthy Frederick Graves, who secretly marries her. When Frederick's mother insists that he marry heiress Madelene Waldersticker, however, he lacks the courage to admit that he is already married and instead acquiesces to his mother's wishes. For her husband's sake, Tess conceals his crime of bigamy. When her baby is due, Tess is summoned before a council of churchmen and banished from the church because she refuses to name her betrayer. Left alone upon the death of her father, Tess is shielded by Mr. Young, a middle-aged admirer who offers her and her baby the protection of his home. Several years later, Frederick dies of a heart attack and Tess rewards her faithful friend by becoming his wife.