The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan (1914)

5.0/10 14 min Comedy

Overview

An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewise kidnapped and rescues the young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011 in partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation New Zealand Project.

Cast

Yale Boss

Daddy, the office boy

Edward Boulden

A reporter

Mary Fuller

Dolly Desmond

Charles Ogle

James Malone

Warren Cook

Mr. Cambridge

Miriam Nesbitt

Mrs. Cambridge

Robert Brower

Director of Union Realty

Bessie Learn

Muriel Armstrong

Harry Linson

Mr. Linson

Cora Williams

Mrs. Williams

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