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A Solax Celebration

A Solax Celebration

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Documentary

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

20 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 January 1912

Country

United States of America

Cast

Alice Guy-Blaché

Alice Guy-Blaché

The Cause

Herbert Blaché

Herbert Blaché

A Relative But an Outsider

Edward Warren

Edward Warren

The Megaphone

Edgar Lewis

Edgar Lewis

On the Water-Wagon

Blanche Cornwall

Blanche Cornwall

A Sob-Sister

Darwin Karr

Darwin Karr

The Villi-yan

Marian Swayne

Marian Swayne

The Chi-i-ld

Billy Quirk

Billy Quirk

Kid Pirate of Bogota

Lee Beggs

Lee Beggs

Merrymaker

Magda Foy

Magda Foy

The Solax Kid

Mary Foy

Mary Foy

Merrymaker

Fanny Simpson

Fanny Simpson

Merrymaker

George A. Magie

George A. Magie

Master of Ceremonies

Henri Ménessier

Henri Ménessier

Of Beaux Arts

H.Z. Levine

H.Z. Levine

A Pen- or Pan-Handler

Patrick Foy

Patrick Foy

Merrymaker

D.E. Freehorn

D.E. Freehorn

Merrymaker

Charles Liston

Charles Liston

Merrymaker

Harry Methven

Harry Methven

Merrymaker

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