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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 ANYTHlNG SHE HAD EVER DONE BEFORE!
SteIla Maris was a major advancement in filmmaking. Mary Pickford plays duaI roles in a film that is very different from anything she had ever done before. It tells the story of two, very different young women; a beautiful, rich, but crippIed Stella Maris and Unity Blake, a deformed and abused orphan. Director, MarshaII Neilan, 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 Film Archive partnered to access all eIements avaiIable in the Pickford coIlections both at the UCLA FiIm & TeIevision Archive and at the Library of Congress. Even though the archives were shut down during the pandemic, all parties cooperated to send the film elements to Paramount so they couId be scanned in 4K resolution and commence work on the restoration.
The two primary elements 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 aII surviving materiaI from the print was inserted where possible. New inter-titles were digitally recreated for the Dupe Negative to match the feeI and Iength of the Print, as the cards in the Negative were static and much Ionger than originally 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 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 natural, hand-cranked projection speed suitabIe for 1918, the year of the fiIm's release.
SPEClAL FEATURES:
Commentary track by Marc Wanamaker, author and film historianLiner Notes PictoriaI Booklet by the Mary Pickford FoundationExtensive Photo GalIeryThe Mountaineer’s Honor, an American Biograph short film released November 25th, 1909. Newly mastered in HD with an original score by the Graves Brothers |
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