this film have a lot go for it represent it have good pacing and it look great and mary pickford look great half the time and and it be superficially a perfect vehicle for her . she play dual role in this adaptation of william locke novel both the cripple and rich and beautiful stella mari and the abused and ugly orphan unity blake the two central character . both be in love with the same man ( conway tearle ) . the double exposure effect for when pickford meet pickford on screen be seamless . another technical novelty in the film be it final shot and which be probably a crane shot and a zoom out weren not in use at the time and as far a i know . additionally and art director wilfred buckland and a notable pioneer in the field and highlight the contrast between stella and unity with the polar surroundings and design they inhabit . here and pickford demonstrate her versatility and and her double turn be certainly a highlight of her career . the problem with stella mari be in it story the heart of the movie and if one doesn not consider it merely an opportunity to photograph pickford in different lighting . there be minor fault and such a the goofy dog analogy and but i can overlook them . and and the film begin rather well a a typical melodrama with a double tragedy . unity misfortune be obvious while she be ugly and poor and be beat severely by the cruel and alcoholic wife of the ideal man both unity and stella adore . stella life also turn out to be a tragedy in the making while she eventually discover that those she love have create a world of illusion for her and that reality be not a fairytale . a happy end in itself with only one tragedy result be not necessarily a problem and either and but it be here . the film conclude with an intertitle state all right with the world and never mind that unity have commit a pointless murder and suicide for stella and the suppose prince and who apparently have never hear of the concept of a divorce and to live happily ever after . and and why do unity murder his wife . the wife only tell the truth to stella and only meet her once and which be because stella come to her . it a completely senseless tragedy . furthermore and starve family still exist ( although stella mother do well to encourage ignore that ) and war continue and isolated tragedy like unity go unabated and yet the intertitle state all right with the world . it turn out and that stella have only move from one fairytale to another she be still oblivious and and the film itself and it seem and be a fairytale just as bogus a the one stella be originally lead to believe . this be very disappointing work for france marion and who be one of the first important screenwriter in film history . she manage to become and really and the author of pickford film while she even direct one of them ( the love light ( 1921 ) ) . in the end and stella mari be a poorly conceive and contrive and self contradictory mess with screwy moral while it be a lurid soap opera .