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Stella Maris (1918)

Stella Maris poster
Directed by
Marshall Neilan
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy young woman named Stella Maris lives a sheltered life. She learns about the world through a poor orphan servant who looks exactly like her.

melodramaticquietly intensepoignantdual rolessocial contrastold-fashionedemotionally earnest

What happens

Stella Maris is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on William John Locke's 1913 novel of the same name. The film stars Mary Pickford in dual roles as the title character and an orphan servant. The film was remade in 1925, with Mary Philbin in the title role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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