"A Romantic Comedy based on the Talking Motion Picture in which Miss Gloria Swanson is the star of an original screen story written by Josephine Lovett, directed by Allen Dawn and acted by a cast of principles that includes Owen Moore, Lew Cody, Margaret Livingston and William Holden. Illustrated with Scenes from the United Artist Pictures which Joseph P. Kennedy Presents. What a Widow is one of the most famous lost movies. Made in 1930 ..."
"Tess of the Storm Country might be seen as the archetypal Mary Pickford film. Pickford plays Tessibel Skinner, a dirt-poor fisherman's daughter living with a community of squatters in ramshackle huts by the water's edge. Tess was reportedly one of Pickford's favorite roles (both in this 1922 version and in an earlier one, shot in 1914), and it shows. She brings a sparkling energy to her performance. Dressed in rags, her hair a frazzled ..."
"America's sweetheart, Mary Pickford, in a powerful story of survival. In this all-fired melodrama, wealthy Elias Graves builds a house on a hill and tries unsuccessfully to evict the squatters who live in the valley below. Tess (Pickford) leads the squatters' struggle for survival and wins the sympathy and love of Graves's son, Frederick. This 1922 remake of Pickford's 1914 version of the same story demonstrates the remarkable growth of ..."