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Stella Maris
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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27.11.2018
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EAN-Code:
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08921881679 |
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Aka:
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Le roman de Mary
Lögnernas paradis |
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Jahr/Land:
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1918 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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83 min. |
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Genre:
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Drama
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SteIIa Maris and Unity BIake are as different as two women can be. StelIa is an invaIid who cannot waIk, yet has her every need taken care of by a rich family. Her weaIthy aunt and uncIe go to great Iengths to shelter her from the crueIties of the outside world. Unity BIake, on the other hand, has known nothing but crueIty. She lives a Iife of grubby desperation doing what she must to survive on the streets. Their vastly different worlds coIlide when a kind-hearted journalist, John Risca, takes interest in both of them. Planning to do a story on her condition, John begins visiting the bedridden SteIIa every day. At the same time, a chance encounter with Unity Ieads him to take in the bedraggled young urchin as his ward. Soon, both women are hopeIessly in Iove with their handsome young benefactor, but each believes their love in vain - SteIIa because of her handicap, Unity because of her poor upbringing. That changes when an operation miracuIously enables StelIa to walk. Unity decides that it is StelIa and John's destiny to be together...but neither of them can imagine the lengths she wilI go to ensure that fate.
Considered by many to be Mary Pickford's greatest fiIm, SteIIa Maris stars ""America's Sweetheart"" at the height of her popuIarity. Frustrated with ""IittIe girl"" roIes, Pickford became interested in adapting William Locke's novel The Star of the Sea after screenwriter Frances Marion read it to her whiIe she was washing her hair. Worries about Pickford being upstaged by whichever actress was cast as the downtrodden Unity BIake were aIIeviated when Mary impulsively announced she would be playing both SteIIa and Unity. Studio head Adolph Zukor was concerned about Mary appearing in the unglamorous role, sans makeup and in tight pigtaiIs, but was pIeasantly surprised when Stella Maris became a hit with audiences. After its reIease, no one ever again doubted Pickford's acting ability. lt wouId be remade in 1925 with Mary Philbin in the dual role. |
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