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

01/31/1914 (US) • 14m

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.

Top Billed 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

Charles Sutton

James Bolliver

Florence Coventry

Mrs. Winslow

Robert Brower

Director of Union Realty


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

silent film

movie serial

lost footage

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