Varick Frissell Net Worth

Varick Frissell Net Worth is
$11 Million

Varick Frissell Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Lewis Varick Frissell (1903 – March 15, 1931) was a documentary filmmaker.Son of Lewis Fox Frissell and Antoinette Wood Montgomery, Grandson of Algernon Sydney Frissell; founder and president of the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, Great-Grandson of Mary Whitney Phelps and Governor of Missouri John S. Phelps. Descendant (GG Grandson) of Elisha Phelps: US Representative from Connecticut (1819–21, 1825–29). Descendant (GGG Grandson) of Maj. Gen. Noah Phelps: Revolutionary War hero. Brother of Phelps Montgomery Frissell and photographer Toni [Antoinette] Frissell.Son of Lewis Fox Frissell and Antoinette Wood Montgomery, Grandson of Algernon Sydney Frissell; founder and president of the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York, Great-Grandson of Mary Whitney Phelps and Governor of Missouri John S. Phelps. Descendant (GG Grandson) of Elisha Phelps: US Representative from Connecticut (1819–21, 1825–29). Descendant (GGG Grandson) of Maj. Gen. Noah Phelps: Revolutionary War hero. Brother of Phelps Montgomery Frissell and photographer Toni [Antoinette] Frissell.Frissell came from a well-to-do family, studied at Yale, and took a keen interest in film at an early age. He was mentored by renowned documentarian Robert Flaherty. In 1921, Frissell heard a lecture by Dr Wilfred Grenfell, which interested him to visit the Labrador mission and to explore the northern wilderness. In 1922, Frissell volunteered to work for the International Grenfell Association, driving a dog-team in the winter and working on the hospital boat Strathcona in the summer.In 1925, he and fellow Yale student Jim Hillier explored the Hamilton River and shot the first film ever of the great waterfall. They also searched for and discovered the Unknown River of Indian legend and called it the Grenfell River. Frissell wrote an account of his explorations and submitted it to The Geographical Journal for publication entitled Explorations in the Grand Falls Region of Labrador, which earned him membership in the Royal Geographical Society. Frissell completed his film of the Hamilton River and titled it The Lure of Labrador. After graduation from Yale in 1927, he embarked on another film, The Great Arctic Seal Hunt, which was complied from a film he had shot aboard the SS Beothic during the seal hunt.Frissell formed his own company, the Newfoundland-Labrador Film Company, and obtained the backing of Paramount Pictures to make a feature film, tentatively titled White Thunder. Captain Bob Bartlett himself played the ship's captain in this film about the Newfoundland seal hunt. This was the first Hollywood style sound film ever made in Canada. Frissell filmed most of The Viking (named for a sealing ship) in Quidi Vidi in 1930. For realistic footage, Frissell then took his crew to the Grand Banks and Labrador to collect exciting action sequences. The film debuted at the Nickel Theatre at St. John's on March 5, 1931, where Frissell decided that his movie needed more real scenes from the Labrador ice floes. Within 

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