The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
6
1914
0 hr 14 min
Comedy
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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- Cast：
- Yale Boss , Mary Fuller , Charles Ogle , Warren Cook , Robert Brower , Bessie Learn
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