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

Walter Edwin
1914-01-31


5
14 min

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

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