ALGIE THE MINER
Directed by Harry Schenck + Edward Warren + Alice Guy
Produced by Alice Guy
Starring Billy Quirk
Distributed by Solax Studios
Released February 28, 1912

FUN FACTS

  • "While most early short films were only circulated to theaters for a few months Algie the Miner was advertised as being shown in theaters more than two years after its release." (Wikipedia)

  • Cited as an example of one of the earliest gay characters by Vito Russo in The Celluloid Closet (1981)