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Mary Fuller (center).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Active Life of
Dolly of the Dailies
Also known as Dolly of the Dailies in the USA
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 12 chapters / 12 reels
Directed by Walter Edwin
Cast: Mary Fuller [Dolly Desmond], Yale Boss [Daddy, the office boy], Charles Ogle [James Malone], Warren Cook [Mr. Cambridge], Miriam Nesbitt [Mrs. Cambridge], Duncan McRae [Count de Rochepierre], Charles Sutton [James Bolliver], Florence Coventry [Mrs. Winslow], Robert Brower [the director of Union Realty], Harry Eytinge (Harry B. Eytinge) [a clerk], Edward Earle [the nephew (chapter 2)], Bessie Learn [Muriel Armstrong (chapter 5)], Harry Linson [Mr. Armstrong (chapter 5)], Cora Williams [Mrs. Armstrong (chapter 5)], Richard Neil (Richard Neill) [the high officer of the secret society (chapter 5)], Robert Harvey [Rockwell Crosby, the managing editor (chapter 5)], Edward Boulden [a reporter (chapter 5)], May Abbey [a hometowner (chapter 12)], Mathilde Baring [a hometowner (chapter 12)], Amelia Barleon (Amelie Barleon) [a hometowner (chapter 12)], Joseph W. Girard [a hometowner (chapter 12)], Harry Beaumont, Edwin Clark, Gladys Hulette, Carlton S. King, Dan Mason, William West
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Acton Davies. / 12 chapters (one reel each): [1] “The Perfect Truth,” released 31 January 1914, © 10 January 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP1947]; [2] “The Ghost of Mother Eve,” © 6 February 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2111]; [3] “An Affair of Dress,” © 21 February 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2199]; [4] “Putting One Over,” © 7 March 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2290]; [5] “The Chinese Fan,” © 21 March 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2370]; [6] “On the Heights,” © 4 April 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2464]; [7] “The End of the Umbrella,” © 18 April 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2542]; [8] “A Tight Squeeze,” © 2 May 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2633]; [9] “A Terror of the Night,” © 25 May 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2759]; [10] “Dolly Plays Detective,” © 8 June 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2824]; [11] “Dolly at the Helm,” © 22 June 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2905]; [12] “The Last Assignment,” © 3 July 1914 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP2961]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Dolly of the Dailies.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Prints exist in the New Zealand Film Archive film archive [35mm positive (chapter 5)]; in the Academy Film Archive film archive (New Zealand Project collection) [35mm positive (chapter 5)]; and in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [chapter 10].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 6 May 2020.
References: Bardèche-History p. 69; Edmonds-BigU p. 36; Gallagher-Ford p. 8; Lahue-Continued pp. 16-17, 154, 283; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 4; Robinson-Palace p. 143; Stedman-Serials p. 10 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation and Robert Youhouse.
Home video: DVD.
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