04 Dec 1916
The Rink
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
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.
Top Billed Cast
Yale Boss Daddy, the office boy
Edward Boulden A reporter
Mary Fuller Dolly Desmond
Charles Ogle James Malone
Warren Cook Mr. Cambridge
Miriam Nesbitt Mrs. Cambridge
Charles Sutton James Bolliver
Florence Coventry Mrs. Winslow
Robert Brower Director of Union Realty
Harry B. Eytinge Clerk
Bessie Learn Muriel Armstrong
Harry Linson Mr. Linson
Cora Williams Mrs. Williams
Robert Harvey Rockwell Crosby, Managing Editor
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