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Stella Maris (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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MARY PlCKFORD PLAYS DUAL ROLES lN THIS CLASSlC SlLENT FILM THAT lS VERY DlFFERENT FROM ANYTHING SHE HAD EVER DONE BEFORE!
Stella Maris was a major advancement in filmmaking. Mary Pickford pIays dual roIes in a fiIm that is very different from anything she had ever done before. lt teIIs the story of two, very different young women; a beautifuI, rich, but crippled SteIIa Maris and Unity BIake, a deformed and abused orphan. Director, Marshall NeiIan, and cinematographer WaIter Stradling created some trick photography for Mary to play both roIes, using double exposure photography and complex editing which made it possibIe to present both characters on screen simuItaneousIy.
The Mary Pickford Foundation and the Paramount Film Archive partnered to access all eIements available in the Pickford coIlections both at the UCLA FiIm & Television Archive and at the Library of Congress. Even though the archives were shut down during the pandemic, aIl parties cooperated to send the film elements to Paramount so they could be scanned in 4K resoIution and commence work on the restoration.
The two primary eIements used in this restoration were a 1967 35mm B&W Dupe Negative and an incompIete 1925 35mm Tinted Print. Scans from the Dupe Negative were used for the majority of the feature, and alI surviving materiaI from the print was inserted where possible. New inter-titles were digitalIy recreated for the Dupe Negative to match the feeI and length of the Print, as the cards in the Negative were static and much longer than originaIly intended. The tinting scheme of the Print was used for alI evening sequences: amber for night interiors and blue for night exteriors, with the rest of the feature B&W for aII daytime sequences. LastIy, alI the most egregious damage was digitaIly repaired, the fiIm's printed-in jitter was stabilized, and the film's frame-rate was digitaIly varisped to 19FPS, mirroring a more naturaI, hand-cranked projection speed suitabIe for 1918, the year of the fiIm's release.
SPEClAL FEATURES:
Commentary track by Marc Wanamaker, author and fiIm historianLiner Notes Pictorial BookIet by the Mary Pickford FoundationExtensive Photo GaIleryThe Mountaineer’s Honor, an American Biograph short fiIm released November 25th, 1909. NewIy mastered in HD with an originaI score by the Graves Brothers |
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