Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax is an American silent film serial directed and produced by Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton. First released on August 7, 1916, the series consists ofweekly episodes and features the character of Beatrice Fairfax Grace Darling. The character was inspired by the popular newspaper advice column Ask Beatrice Fairfax, which had been the worlds first column of its kind when launched in 1898.

The two protagonists were played by Grace Darling and Harry Fox, the comedian and vaudeville dancer. In the films, the Beatrice character was portrayed as a resourceful agony auntcumcrimefighter, working with her reporter colleague Jimmy Barton to investigate and solve the problems sent in by her troubled readers.The episodes were filmed primarily in Ithaca, New York, at The Whartons Studio. Beatrice Fairfax marked the screen debut of Ziegfeld girl and future screen star Olive Thomas who appeared in Episodeof the series. ........

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