Tess of the Storm Country (1932)

When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine but not for long A 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 a bit dismayed to learn that he is Garfields son But when her father is jailed on a falseaccusation charge of murder the younger Garfield comes to their aid and proves he himself