STELLA MARIS

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Tue, Feb 10 7:30 PM

Description

Anything But Silent
STELLA MARIS
Tuesday, February 10th at 7:30 PM

With live accompaniment by Ben Model
$20 Public | $13 Members

A landmark of early cinema, Stella Maris showcases Mary Pickford in two remarkable roles: the sheltered, disabled Stella and the abused orphan Unity Blake. Director Marshall Neilan and cinematographer Walter Stradling used innovative double-exposure techniquesto place Pickford’s characters onscreen together, an extraordinary achievement for 1918. The film follows Stella as she emerges from a life of luxury into a world marked by hardship, and Unity as she finds brief refuge with a kind guardian. Their intertwined fates build to a tragic act of sacrifice, revealing a deeply moving tale of innocence and devotion. (1918, 84 mins)

New restoration presented courtesy of Paramount and the Mary Pickford Foundation.