A Solax Celebration

A Solax Celebration

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A Solax Celebration

1912

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Overview

The good people of the Solax community realize that they have cause to make merry before the New Year because the Almighty has guided their breadwinning footsteps toward the Solax Studio's happy atmosphere, bank together like the big happy family they are, to give expression to their happiness in the form of a gift to the immediate cause of their good fortune and sunshine.

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19 members

Directing

Alice Guy-Blaché

The Cause

Alice Guy-Blaché

Directing

Herbert Blaché

A Relative But an Outsider

Herbert Blaché

Directing

Edward Warren

The Megaphone

Edward Warren

Directing

Edgar Lewis

On the Water-Wagon

Edgar Lewis

Acting

Blanche Cornwall

A Sob-Sister

Blanche Cornwall

Acting

Darwin Karr

The Villi-yan

Darwin Karr

Acting

Marian Swayne

The Chi-i-ld

Marian Swayne

Acting

Billy Quirk

Kid Pirate of Bogota

Billy Quirk

Acting

Lee Beggs

Merrymaker

Lee Beggs

Acting

Magda Foy

The Solax Kid

Magda Foy

Acting

Mary Foy

Merrymaker

Mary Foy

Acting

Fanny Simpson

Merrymaker

Fanny Simpson

Acting

George A. Magie

Master of Ceremonies

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Art

Henri Ménessier

Of Beaux Arts

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Acting

H.Z. Levine

A Pen- or Pan-Handler

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Acting

Patrick Foy

Merrymaker

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D.E. Freehorn

Merrymaker

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Charles Liston

Merrymaker

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Harry Methven

Merrymaker

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