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Beatrice Fairfax (1916)

Beatrice Fairfax poster
Directed by
Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton
Genre
film series, action film, silent film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
5h
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A newspaper advice columnist gets involved in adventures and helps people with their problems. Each episode tells a separate story. The films are silent and from the 1910s.

episodicspiritedold-fashionedlightheartedfast-pacedaction-oriented

What happens

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 of 15 weekly 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 world's first column of its kind when launched in 1898. The weekly film serial was a popular genre of the time, and the films' producers, the Wharton brothers, also made serials such as The Exploits of Elaine. However, Beatrice Fairfax is more accurately a series, since the episodes consist of self-contained stories rather than a linked serial narrative. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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