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

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.

Released Jan. 31, 1914 14 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.silent-film, tmdb.movie-serial, tmdb.lost-footage, imdb.serial, imdb.reporter, imdb.female-reporter, imdb.chinatown, imdb.kidnapping

Production Companies: General Film Company, Serial Squadron, Edison Studios

Country: United States
Languages: English