Stella Maris is a 1925

1925 in film

-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 directed by Charles Brabin

Charles Brabin

Charles J. Brabin was an American film director and screenwriter. He was active during the silent era, then pursued a short-lived career in talkies....

, written by Mary Alice Scully and based on a William J. Locke's novel. The film is a remake of the 1918 version

Stella Maris (1918 film)

Stella Maris is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on William J. Locke's novel. The film was remade in 1925, with Mary Philbin in the title role.-Plot:...

, starring Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

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Plot

Stella Maris was born paralyzed and has lived all of her live in her bed in a London mansion. Her wealthy parents don't want her to be exposed to all the bad things happening in the world. She is frequently visited by John. They fall in love, but John has a dark secret of being unhappily married to Louise. Louise wants a servant and hires orphan Unity Blake. She beats her up after an incident, which results into being sent to jail. John decides to adopt Unity and takes care of her. This results into Unity falling in love with John as well, despite knowing the two of them can never be a couple.

Cast

• Mary Philbin
  Mary Philbin
  Mary Philbin was a notable film actress of the silent film era. Philbin is probably best remembered for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite screen legend Lon Chaney and Dea in The Man Who Laughs...
  
   - Stella Maris/Unity Blake
• Elliott Dexter
  Elliott Dexter
  Elliott Dexter was an American film and stage actor. Dexter started his career in vaudeville and didn't move to films until he was 45. He retired from acting in 1925....
  
   - John Risca
• Gladys Brockwell
  Gladys Brockwell
  Gladys Brockwell was an American actress whose career began during the silent film era.-Early life:Born Gladys Lindeman in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of a chorus girl who put her on stage at a very early age. By the time she reached her middle teens, she was already a veteran and...
  
   - Louise Risca
• Jason Robards Sr. - Walter Herold
• Phillips Smalley
  Phillips Smalley
  Wendell Phillips Smalley was a prolific American silent film director and actor.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smalley began his career in vaudeville and acted in more than 200 films between 1910 until his death in 1939...
  
   - Sir Oliver Blount
• Lillian Lawrence - Lady Blount
• Robert Bolder
  Robert Bolder
  Robert Bolder was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 99 films between 1912 and 1936.He was born in London and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* His New Job...
  
  - Dr. Haynes
• Aileen Manning - Mary Heaton