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Stella Maris, paralyzed since childhood,
has been tenderly protected
of all the sordidness and misery of life.

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So she dwells serenely
inside a world of dreams
created by those who love her,...

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unaware of the penalty,
poverty and death.
Mary Pickford

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Teddy.
Captain of the Guard.
For himself.
(Courtesy of Mack Sennett)

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Another little prisoner of destiny
It's Unity Blake, the Ugly Duckling
from a London orphanage.
Mary Pickford.

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Sir Oliver and Lady Blount,
uncle and aunt of Stella Maris.

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John Risca, journalist,
cousin of Lady Blont,...

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whose daily visits lead
a ray of light to Stella Maris.

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Who asks to be admitted
in the Throne Room?

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He is the Most Beloved, my Lady.

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Damn! I stink elegant!

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Among the women who go
to the orphanage in search of a child
to adopt, there is Louisa Risca.

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If this girl behaves
as it should, it will have
a good home with me.

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Don't give me my hopes,
I could die of joy!

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I have been so happy, my dearest,
since you described
the beautiful castle where he lives.

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Someday, if I can walk,
Will you take me through the garden of your castle?

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Hey, tired of your wife
sick and moody?

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Six years in this hell
They break a man's spirit.

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All the ideals, hopes
and ambitions... are destroyed.

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For the woman you used to be
At the beginning, when I met you...

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I ordered a good steak,
fat and juicy.
Look at this misery!

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You won't miss anything, but...
I will never return.

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The servants always left,
and I needed a girl to
He will help me with the housework.

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So... isn't it going to be
You my mother, madam?

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Miss Stella Maris knows that Mr. Risca
has arrived. And ask about him.

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THE COURT OF STELLA MARIS
All the unhappy and the wisdom
mundane that they are left out.
Those without a smile need not enter.

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How beautiful and how good
It's this world!

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spring comes
to place your precious flowers
in the lap of Stella Maris.

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Send her back to the orphanage.

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The RISKA TORTURE CASE
Louise Risca, wife of John Riska,
well-known journalist, sentenced
to three years in prison.

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I did everything I could
to get rid of this...
But the laws are fair.

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When he married his daughter
about that commoner, there were rumors
that she… drank.

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We were happy until
He couldn't control that habit.

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So the woman who
there was in it died and
It became brutal and cruel!

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I can't stay in
London for longer.

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He can't leave Stella Maris.
She needs him...

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And... did she hurt him too?

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Oh Lord! If I were you,
I would hit him on the head!

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Oh sir!....could you
cool my eyes?

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I will adopt her. It's the only way
in which I can atone for my guilt.

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Six months later to Unity
assigned a temporary home
with Sir Oliver and Lady Blount.

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What did you think of Stella Maris
the arrival of the little one
Unity to the family?

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Strike!

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God help me!
And me between satin sheets!

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Weeks go by, and Unity
still at the Blount house,
out of compassion but without love.

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I don't know what to say, ma'am...
I can't find words.

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She is a small villager,
employed during the day
as a seamstress

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I have seen it, and God help me,
It's heavenly!

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What would happen if that poor creature
I would have talked to Stella Maris
of the life you've had?

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I knew it was dangerous
for Unity to be here...

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And I have persuaded Aunt Gladys
to reserve a house for us.

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A consultation with the best
surgeons of England.

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If we operate Stella Maris, there is
the possibility of walking again.

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But it may take years before
to fully recover
...and can stand.

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Aunt Gladys Linden,
old-fashioned fussy,
opens his house to Jonh Risca and Unity.

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I swear I don't know
I haven't even heard anything!

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Unity never tells the truth.
She should be punished.

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Children only lie out of fear.

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Really...
It broke itself, sir.

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Don't hit me, sir

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You must never lie to us, Unity,
...because we love you.

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The surgeons' prognosis
is fulfilled. after three years
Stella Maris goes.

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For the love of John Risca,
Unity fights with perseverance
and without hope for education.

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Unity = love
John = hate
Mr. and Mrs. by John Risca

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For the woman who remains
his wife, John Risca returns
to open his old home.

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The gossip reached me in prison
that you had adopted
to that brat, Unity.

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...so... you have a relationship
with that… Stella Maris.

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Don't you dare mention
your name again!

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The days go by
while he recovers his health.

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...we haven't had it for days
nothing to eat, Miss.

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Aunt Julia, give me right away
two or three thousand pounds, please!

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That woman and her children are
dying of hunger! They don't have a home!
It's terrible, inconceivable!

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My poor girl... the beggars
They are the scum of civilization.
And there are millions of them.

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Little by little,
life reveals itself to Stella Maris
like a tremendous conflict.

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BANKER SHOTS KILLS
TO HIS BROTHERS.
Parents' will
This is the reason for the dispute.

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HUNGRY MOTHER AND CHILDREN
DROWNED IN THE THAMES
Lack of work and health
They made the woman...

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This is cruel! Unthinkable!
Why didn't you tell me that in the world
Are there situations like these?

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Those men are fighting
for existence, for principles
and for the good of humanity.

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And yet I don't want to believe
that there are millions of strong men,...

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wonderful men called soldiers,
trained only to remove
life to his brothers!

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I thank you for having
an ideal: you.

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Wanting to know the surroundings
by John Riscas, Stella Maris visits
Aunt Gladys's home.

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Now I remind you...
the little seamstress!

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Mr. Risca is my tutor now.
He keeps the house for himself,
for me and Aunt Gladys

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I was very disappointed when
He told me that he had closed his beautiful
castle and that he was moving to this house.

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He speaks often about you, Miss.
Worship the land you walk on.

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And I... I love him too!

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This is my little secret.
So please don't tell him
that I have been here.

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She…loves him too!

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Romance, born
in the light of the moon.

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John... have you ever
have you loved someone?

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I love a dream.

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And I have dreamed dreams
...of love.

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Why are you so unhappy, John?

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Because I love you.

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I love Stella Maris and
I can't lie to you anymore,
about... my wife.

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She has already suffered
too many disappointments.
I forbid you to confess it to him.

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Stella Maris travels to the "Castle
abandoned" by John Risca...

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and secretly plans to return
to open it..., for happiness both.

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I'm sure this... not this one!
It's John Risca's Castle!

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I am the wife of John Risca.

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John...married...to you!
You... are his wife!

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It hurts me to think that you,
like everything else...
It's a lie.

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I no longer feel sorry for
the blind! They are foreign to
all the ugliness of life!

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…and all its beauty!

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Stella, dear...
my heart aches for you.

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Mine is broken.

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How… get married
with you, sir?

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…I, a poor and simple
orphan, sir?

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In early winter, the shade
that looms over John Risca
takes the form of a storm...

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There are scones and jam, sir.

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...and periwinkles, sir.

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My poor little Unity…
you are the only one who understands
and hold my broken heart.

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<i>Without you, I don't care to live.
Forgive me, Stella Maris.</i>

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LAST WILLS
AND TESTAMENT
John Risca

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As long as his wife lives...
he will never be free.

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By lying to protect myself,
you have destroyed my happiness...
and my faith in human nature.

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Don't wait for Mr Risca back home
until tomorrow night.
I'm taking it sailing one day.

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Learn to forgive, Stella Maris.
That was His Message to the World.

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At dusk the next day.

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For three years it has hurt me
a thorn in the heart.

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I'm here to warn you!
Don't hurt Stella Maris again!

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I will continue until
your heart breaks.

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I'm starting to realize
that happiness is
within ourselves.

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We have found the girl...
Unity...dead...
next to his wife's body.

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Dear Mr. Risca:
you behaved with me
like no one ever did.

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God bless you
and Miss Stella Maris
and make him happy. Unity

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The history of Unity is known
by the police, for what they find
easy to find a reason...
Revenge

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She sacrificed herself,
and it's gone. Only the dead...

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they know the great souls
that travel this land.

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The years are in spring.
The days in their morning.
God is in heaven...
All is well in the world.

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END