The Whartons Studio

The Whartons, Incorporated was an early silent film production company operating in the small town of Ithaca, New York from 1914 to 1919. The Ithaca Studio was established by brothers Theodore and Leopold Wharton on the shores of Cayuga Lake, at the site of what is now Stewart Park.

The Whartons studio moved from Ithaca to Santa Cruz, California in the early 1920s, by which time the majority of the film industry had settled in mostly Southern California and Hollywood because of the ability to shoot all-year round.

Notable film productions produced at Ithaca Studios

(unverified)
* Patria (1916)
* "Dear Old Girl" (Bushman and Bayne)
* "A Brother's Loyalty" (Bushman and Bayne)
* "The Hermit of Lonely Gulch" (Bushman and Bayne)
* "The Eye That Never Sleeps" (Bushman)
* "Out of the Night" (Bushman)
* "Lost Years" (Bushman)
* "The Virtue of Rags" (Bushman)
* "The Turning Point" (Bushman and Washburn)
* "Waiting" (Henry Walthall)
* "Dad's Boy" (Henry Walthall)
* "Two Men and a Girl" (Bushman, Washburn, Cassanelli)
* "Sunshine" (Ruth Stonehouse)
* "Napatia, the Greek Singer" (Dolores Cassanelli)
* "The Swag of Destiny" (Dorothy Phillips)
* "The Great White Trail" (Doris Kenyon)
* "The Boundary Ride" (All Star)
* "A Prince of India" (All Star)
* "The Black Stork" (All Star)

External links

* [http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/films/wharton3.shtml Resume of Theodore Wharton]
* "Silent Film Industry Blossoms in Ithaca," Cornell Daily Sun. Available [http://www.cornellsun125.com/index.php?q=node/132 online] .
* * Cayuga Waterfront Trail, Flight Film and Public Works. Available [http://cayugawaterfronttrail.com/?t=74 online]
* "Ithaca's Silent Movie History," [http://www.lightlink.com/jwrogers/wharton.htm] . Last updated 21 May 1996.