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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Also known as Letters to Beatrice in the USA
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by Theodore W. Wharton and Leopold D. Wharton
Cast: Grace Darling [Beatrice Fairfax], Harry Fox [Jimmy Barton], Allan Murnane, Nigel Barrie [Donald Jordan / Bert Kerrigan], F.W. Stewart [Pete Raven], James Gordon [Christopher McRay / the prince’s bodyguard], Bessie Wharton [Madame Laurette / Mrs. Raven / Mrs. Malone], Little John Sullivan [Billy Dern Schuyler], Edgar L. Davenport [Judge Merton], Jeannie Parker [Jean Merton], Robin Townley (Robin H. Townley) [a blind man], Chief Buck [the police chief], Bruce McRae [a bookie], Dick Bennard [a conspirator / a waiter], Warner Oland [the police commissioner (chapter 1)], M.W. Rale [Shara Ali (chapter 4)], Gus Reulein [a bell hop (chapter 4)], Leonard Reulein [a bell hop (chapter 4)], Yumiko Nagahara [Mimosa San (chapter 5)], Olive Thomas [Rita Malone (chapter 10)], John McGraw [himself (chapter 10)], Bill Donovan [himself (chapter 10)], Wesley Ruggles [bit part (chapter 15)], Elaine Hammerstein, Wellington A. Playter, Mae Hopkins, Mary Cranston, Betty Howe, Evelyn Ferris, Elsie Baker, Harry Carr, Buck Connors, Frank Honda, Harry Robinson, Theodore Tweston, Mrs. Theodore Wharton, Frances White
Wharton, Incorporated, production; distributed by International Film Service Company, Incorporated through Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Theodore W. Wharton and Leopold D. Wharton. Scenario by Basil Dickey. Art direction by E. Douglas Bingham and Archer Chadwick (Archelaus D. Chadwick). Assistant directors, James Gordon and Robin H. Townley. Cinematography by Levi Bacon (chapters 3, 5, 10 and 15), John K. Holbrook, Ray June, William Plyes and Lew Tree. Presented by International Film Service Company, Incorporated. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Missing Watchman,” released 7 August 1916, © 1 August 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9411]; [2] “The Adventure of the Jealous Wife,” released 14 August 1916, © 14 August 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9393]; [3] “Billie’s Romance,” released 21 August 1916, © 21 August 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9394]; [4] “The Stone God,” released 28 August 1916, © 28 August 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9395]; [5] “Mimosa San,” released 4 September 1916, © 4 September 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9396]; [6] “The Forbidden Room,” released 11 September 1916, © 11 September 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9397]; [7] “A Name for the Baby,” released 18 September 1916, © 18 September 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9398]; [8] “At the Ainsley Ball,” released 25 September 1916, © 25 September 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9399]; [9] “Outside the Law,” released 2 October 1916, © 9 October 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9412]; [10] “Play Ball,” released 9 October 1916, © 16 October 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9464]; [11] “The Wages of Sin,” released 16 October 1916, © 23 October 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9465]; [12] “Curiosity,” released 23 October 1916, © 23 October 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9400]; [13] “The Ringer,” released 30 October 1916, © 30 October 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9413]; [14] “The Hidden Menace,” released 6 November 1916, © 13 November 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9492]; [15] “Wristwatches,” released 13 November 1916, © 13 November 1916 by International Film Service Company, Incorporated [LP9493]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Harry Fox’s film debut; Olive Thomas’ film debut.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Marion Davies film collection) [chapters 2-15, 35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives, Policemen - Newspapers - Offices: Newspaper - Reporters - Serials - Sports: Baseball - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 28 September 2024.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 168, 283; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 51; Stedman-Serials p. 38 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Robert Youhouse.
Home video: DVD.
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