Headline
The China Mail News 1897-04-24
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1897-04-24
- Publication Year
1897
Page
3
Column
Local and General
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Summary
Professor Maurice Charvet, who arrived by the French mail steamer to Hongkong from Paris to exhibit 'Cinematograph' and the 'Kinetoscope' the twin marvels of the age. These have never been shown in Hongkong or the Far East before. The pictures exhibited are 'Loie Fuller's Serpentine Dance,' a boxing bout between Corbett and Michell, and performances will be repeated in the Music Room, City Hall. By the aid of the cinematograph and electricity, these pictures are projected on to a screen, and life-size.
Type
Venue(s)
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