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

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 14M

Director : Walter Edwin

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Yale Boss
Yale Boss
Daddy, the office boy
Edward Boulden
Edward Boulden
A reporter
Mary Fuller
Mary Fuller
Dolly Desmond
Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle
James Malone
Warren Cook
Warren Cook
Mr. Cambridge
Miriam Nesbitt
Miriam Nesbitt
Mrs. Cambridge
Charles Sutton
Charles Sutton
James Bolliver
Florence Coventry
Florence Coventry
Mrs. Winslow
Robert Brower
Robert Brower
Director of Union Realty
Harry B. Eytinge
Harry B. Eytinge
Clerk
Bessie Learn
Bessie Learn
Muriel Armstrong
Harry Linson
Harry Linson
Mr. Linson
Cora Williams
Cora Williams
Mrs. Williams
Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey
Rockwell Crosby, Managing Editor

Crews

Walter Edwin
Walter Edwin
Director

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