Stella Maris

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Stella Maris

1918,

1h 24m,

Drama

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Stella Maris (Mary Pickford), paralyzed since birth, lives in an opulent mansion and has virtually no knowledge of the outside world. She adores her frequent visitor John Risca (Conway Tearle), a journalist stuck in a loveless marriage to Louise (Marcia Manon). After Louise viciously beats her maid Unity Blake (also Pickford), she is jailed, and Unity too falls in love with John. The two young women are hopelessly enamored of the same man, and after Louise's release something has to give.

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Variety Staff

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Mar 26, 2009

It is a production for which the director, Marshall Neilan, must receive unstinted credit. It is a revelation in exterior locations and interior settings and the titling is exceedingly clever.

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Fred Camper

Chicago Reader

Jan 1, 2000

Neilan's imagery is largely theatrical -- he seldom cuts meaningfully within scenes, he treats his locations almost as stage sets, and his idea of subtle lighting is using a narrow bar of light to illuminate the eyes of a murderess.

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

Apr 26, 2024

4/5

For all its humor, romance, and state-of-the-art special effects, though, Stella Maris never sugarcoats the title character's advantages as a woman with looks, education, and wealth, even as she's no better or kinder than the unlucky Unity.

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Leon J. Bourstein

Motography

Jul 31, 2020

For the first time in her career Mary Pickford essays to portray dual roles, and her most recent picture, Stella Maris, is truly a remarkable revelation of the star's versatility.

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Kitty Kelly

kdoyley@fandango.com

Jul 29, 2020

Another milestone In the long lane of Pickford triumphs.

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Harriette Underhill

New York Tribune

Nov 12, 2019

If any there be who think that Mary Pickford is not. a great actress let him go to see Stella Maris and be convinced.

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Synopsis

Stella Maris (Mary Pickford), paralyzed since birth, lives in an opulent mansion and has virtually no knowledge of the outside world. She adores her frequent visitor John Risca (Conway Tearle), a journalist stuck in a loveless marriage to Louise (Marcia Manon). After Louise viciously beats her maid Unity Blake (also Pickford), she is jailed, and Unity too falls in love with John. The two young women are hopelessly enamored of the same man, and after Louise's release something has to give.

Director: Marshall Neilan
Screenwriter: Frances Marion
Production Co: Famous Players
Genre: Drama
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 24m

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