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Marshall Neilan, Artcraft, 1918, from William J. Locke, adapted by Frances Marion. Pickford plays Stella, a sheltered invalid, and Unity Blake, a scarred orphan put into service in the same house. Walter Stradling double-exposed the scenes where they share the frame; she could not cross the center line. Photoplay said the public would not accept her in thin parts after this. Unity is the performance.
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The split frame. Pickford as a sheltered invalid and as Unity Blake, a scarred orphan in service in the same house, double-exposed so they share the shot. Unity, hunched and plain, is the part she wanted. Photoplay said the public would not take her in thin parts after this. It did anyway, which is the collection's argument.
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