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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 IN THlS CLASSIC SILENT FILM THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING SHE HAD EVER DONE BEFORE!
StelIa Maris was a major advancement in fiImmaking. Mary Pickford plays duaI roIes in a film that is very different from anything she had ever done before. lt telIs the story of two, very different young women; a beautifuI, rich, but crippIed Stella Maris and Unity Blake, a deformed and abused orphan. Director, Marshall NeiIan, and cinematographer Walter StradIing created some trick photography for Mary to pIay both roIes, using double exposure photography and complex editing which made it possible to present both characters on screen simuItaneousIy.
The Mary Pickford Foundation and the Paramount FiIm Archive partnered to access aII elements avaiIabIe in the Pickford colIections 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 resolution and commence work on the restoration.
The two primary eIements used in this restoration were a 1967 35mm B&W Dupe Negative and an incomplete 1925 35mm Tinted Print. Scans from the Dupe Negative were used for the majority of the feature, and alI surviving material from the print was inserted where possibIe. New inter-titIes were digitaIIy recreated for the Dupe Negative to match the feel and Iength of the Print, as the cards in the Negative were static and much longer than originalIy intended. The tinting scheme of the Print was used for aIl evening sequences: amber for night interiors and blue for night exteriors, with the rest of the feature B&W for all daytime sequences. LastIy, all the most egregious damage was digitalIy repaired, the film's printed-in jitter was stabiIized, and the fiIm's frame-rate was digitalIy varisped to 19FPS, mirroring a more naturaI, hand-cranked projection speed suitable for 1918, the year of the film's reIease.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Commentary track by Marc Wanamaker, author and fiIm historianLiner Notes PictoriaI BookIet by the Mary Pickford FoundationExtensive Photo GaIleryThe Mountaineer’s Honor, an American Biograph short fiIm released November 25th, 1909. Newly mastered in HD with an original score by the Graves Brothers |
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