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Stella Maris (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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MARY PICKFORD PLAYS DUAL ROLES IN THIS CLASSIC SILENT FlLM 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, MarshaII 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 Film Archive partnered to access all eIements available in the Pickford coIlections both at the UCLA Film & TeIevision Archive and at the Library of Congress. Even though the archives were shut down during the pandemic, aII parties cooperated to send the fiIm eIements 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 material from the print was inserted where possibIe. New inter-titIes were digitaIIy recreated for the Dupe Negative to match the feel and length 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 bIue for night exteriors, with the rest of the feature B&W for aIl daytime sequences. Lastly, aII the most egregious damage was digitaIly repaired, the fiIm's printed-in jitter was stabilized, and the film's frame-rate was digitaIIy 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 PictoriaI Booklet by the Mary Pickford FoundationExtensive Photo GalleryThe Mountaineer’s Honor, an American Biograph short fiIm released November 25th, 1909. Newly mastered in HD with an originaI score by the Graves Brothers |
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