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

January. 31,1914      
Rating:
6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Yale Boss as  Daddy, the office boy
Mary Fuller as  Dolly Desmond
Charles Ogle as  James Malone
Warren Cook as  Mr. Cambridge
Robert Brower as  Director of Union Realty
Bessie Learn as  Muriel Armstrong

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Reviews

VeteranLight
1914/01/31

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Noutions
1914/02/01

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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CrawlerChunky
1914/02/02

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Ezmae Chang
1914/02/03

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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