The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
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.
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Yale Boss
Yale Boss
Daddy, the office boy
Yale Boss
Daddy, the office boy


Edward Boulden
Edward Boulden
A reporter
Edward Boulden
A reporter


Mary Fuller
Mary Fuller
Dolly Desmond
Mary Fuller
Dolly Desmond


Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle
James Malone
Charles Ogle
James Malone


Warren Cook
Warren Cook
Mr. Cambridge
Warren Cook
Mr. Cambridge


Miriam Nesbitt
Miriam Nesbitt
Mrs. Cambridge
Miriam Nesbitt
Mrs. Cambridge
Charles Sutton
Charles Sutton
James Bolliver
Charles Sutton
James Bolliver
Florence Coventry
Florence Coventry
Mrs. Winslow
Florence Coventry
Mrs. Winslow


Robert Brower
Robert Brower
Director of Union Realty
Robert Brower
Director of Union Realty
Harry B. Eytinge
Harry B. Eytinge
Clerk
Harry B. Eytinge
Clerk
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