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"Stella Maris," the Artcraft picture now being shown at the
Theatre, in which Mary Pickford is the star, is adapted from Wm, J, Locke's novel of the same title. To begin with Stella Maris was not Stella's real name. She was an orphan, tremendously rich, living with her uncle and aunt. Sir Blount and Lady Eleanor, in a big stone castle by the sea. She was afflicted with a mysterious disease which had paralyzed her from childhood and her room was always kept lighted, day and night. The twinkling light, seen from far off on the ocean, led John Risca, a distant relative, to name her Stella Maris Star of the Stea r and by this name she was known for the rest of her life.
Mary Pickford plays two parts in "Stella Maris," the Artcraft
picture being exhibited at the theatre, one delicate and
dainty, and the other, as Unity Blake, uncouth and unlovely, but carrying with it a tremendous amount of pathos. In several scenes, as Unity Blake, Mary Pickford causes the feminine audience to reach for its handkerchiefs and enjoy a good cry.
Many people will wonder how such a scene is worked up, and the atmosphere created in a studio. Director Marshall Neilan, who produced the picture, tells us the secret.
"Miss Pickford is a splendid actress," says Neilan, "and brimful of temperament. As Unity, the abused slave whom John Risca has rescued from the cruelties of his half-insane wife, her make-up was so perfect that when she walked onto the studio floor no one recognized her,
"In the big emotional scene Unity stands alone in Risca' s living
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