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

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

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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.

1914

Alice

Alice 1982

4.00

Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him she thinks he's a jerk later she finds him nice and relaxing. She falls in love with him. He takes her to Queenie's party. Rabbit later finds out that Queenie wants to kill him. So Rabbit packs up to leave the country. When Alice finds this out she commits suicide which brings her into a fantasy world.

1982

The Iron Heel

The Iron Heel 1912

1

An old man plots to have his enemy's son convicted of his own murder.

1912

A Mistaken Accusation

A Mistaken Accusation 1913

1

An Italian laborer is mistakenly accused of kidnapping the child of one of his clients.

1913

The Still Alarm

The Still Alarm 1911

1

Mistaken identities and backstabbing partners

1911

Blackbeard

Blackbeard 1911

1

Pirates attack the town of Martinique and capture the governor. But the townspeople rally back in a battle between ships.

1911

The Chalk Line

The Chalk Line 1916

1

A misplaced love note results in Mrs. Love dividing the house with a chalk line.

1916

Captain Alvarez

Captain Alvarez 1914

1

A melodrama about an American who becomes a revolutionary leader battling evil government spies in Argentina.

1914

The Water Rats

The Water Rats 1912

1

A gang terrorizes and controls the waterfront.

1912

The Lost Mail Sack

The Lost Mail Sack 1914

1

A piece of lumber projecting from the side of a freight car picks up the mail sack hanging from the crane at Bell Station. Two hobos find the sack and rifle the contents. Morrison, postmaster at Bell, has been systematically robbing the mails and benefits by the mail sack's disappearance. Mary Gates, daughter of an engineer, supplies the Post Office inspectors with the first clue. The detectives blunder, however, and arrest Billy, Mary's sweetheart. Chance leads them on the trail of the tramps. The hobos are arrested after a desperate battle. Later, as the result of Mary's clever work, Morrison is brought to bay, while Billy wins his freedom.

1914

When Soul Meets Soul

When Soul Meets Soul 1913

1

An archeologist discovers an ancient parchment inside a mummy case, and realizes that he is the reincarnation of the lover of an Egyptian princess who took her own life many centuries earlier.

1913

Jane Was Worth It

Jane Was Worth It 1915

1

Initially, Hughie finds his new cook Jane unsatisfactory, until he tries several others.

1915

The Golden Thought

The Golden Thought 1916

1

A deputy marshal rounds up the bad guys and gets the girl.

1916

In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath

In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath 1911

1

Bunny purchases a Vapor Bath, guaranteed to make the fat thin and do the trick with neatness. In his anxiety to make a trial of the bath he forgets to lock the library door....

1911