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)
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