Beatrice Fairfax (1916)
5h 0m | PG-13
Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen episode featuring entrancing cult starlet Olive Thomas and the real New York Yankees and Giants playing a game in the Polo Grounds.
Director: Leopold Wharton
Studio: International Film Service
Genre: Action, Adventure
Video: 720p
Cast
Harry Fox
as Reporter Jimmy Barton
Grace Darling
as Beatrice Fairfax
Allan Murnane
as
Nigel Barrie
as Donald Jordan / Bert Kerrigan
Bruce McRae
as The Bookie
F.W. Stewart
as Escaped Convict Pete Raven
Reviews
Beatrice Fairfax is a 15-episode serial, each episode being it's own little story, with the only consistent characters being Beatrice and the reporter Harry. Episode 1 is permanently lost, but the rest exist in almost their entirety. As they all contain a different story, it's really only possible to rate the series as a whole. Some are better than others. So, as a whole, I give it 2 1/2 stars. My main interest in it was episode 10, "Play Ball" featuring Olive Thomas' first on-screen appearance as the fiancée of a New York Yankees' baseball player. I give that one an extra star, just for her being in it. Note: The actual Yankees and Giants were filmed in the episode, at the Polo Grounds in New York, and the 1916 Yankees made Olive their official mascot that year.