Paramount Press Books (1918)

Beloved Vagabond” and "Simple Septimus," as well as the charming story of "Stella Maris," Mr. Locke has wrought his characters of fiction with rare skill and with an unusual perception of the finer elements of human understanding. The characters of his books stand out with the vividness of real people, moving in a world splendidly pictured by the novelist. He has been able to reach a narrative of sublime pathos in the story of "Stella Maris," a book which lends itself well to the rare talents of Miss Pickf ord. The photodramatization of the story was in the hands of Miss Frances Marion, who also adapted for the screen Mary Pickford's other recent successes, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and "The Little Princess," When Adolph Zukor, president of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, paid a visit to the studio where Mary Pickf ord was engaged in her double role in "Stella Maris," the Artcraft picture now being shown at the Theatre, his first view of the Artcraft star was as Unity Blake, the Ugly Duckling, an unattractive little orphan girl with the well-beloved Pickford curls straightened out and with other radical changes of the make-up art which so transformed the star that one could scarcely recognize her as the same Mary Pickford of the role of Stella Maris. Continued over 16