(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) I am moved to this reflection by the statement of 'New Arrival,' who tells of a small English town with five cinemas, and one Super Cinema. The Super Cinema had: 1. Twenty instrumentalists in its cinema orchestra; 2. Big pictures which is screened on the day of their first release in England; 3. Films which Afterwants (after they had blushed unrecognised in America and elsewhere) became 'Universally famous'; 4. No seat higher priced than 1/6. Should I find that such a picture lover's paradise really exists I will apologise for doubting him. Both 'New Arrival' and 'Ennui' seem to have entirely misunderstood my reference to ceasing to cater especially for Europeans at the Coronet. At the Pearl in Canton, we give a composite performance that attracts both the foreign and Chinese populations. It would mean that we should cease to get films that did not have an appeal to Chinese audiences. Thus 'Robin Hood,' 'The Mark of Zorro,' 'The Prisoner of Zenda' and the like, would be always welcome, but films like 'Smilin' Through,' 'The Miracle Man' 'Hunting Big Game,' 'Pollyanna,' 'Human Hearts,' 'The Turning Point,' would no longer be shown, while, little by little, Chinese titles would creep into all the pictures.
Headline
Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1923-10-18
- Publication Year
1923
Page
10
Column
Correspondence
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Robin Hood
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Actors
Wallace Beery
Director
Allan Dwan
Writer
Douglas Fairbanks (story)
Country
USA
Released
1922-10-18
Runtime
143 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Not Rated
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The Mark of Zorro
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Actors
Marguerite De La Motte
Director
Fred Niblo
Writer
Johnston McCulley (based on the story by: "The Curse of Capistrano" published in "All-Story Weekly")
Country
USA
Released
1920-12-05
Runtime
79 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
None
Plot
A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Passed
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The Prisoner of Zenda
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Actors
Lewis Stone
Director
Rex Ingram
Writer
Anthony Hope (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1922-09-11
Runtime
125 min
Genre
Adventure
Plot
When the king is drugged and abducted by his ambitious brother, a lookalike relative must take his place to keep the evil sibling off the throne.
Rated
NOT RATED
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Smilin' Through
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Actors
Norma Talmadge
Director
Sidney Franklin
Writer
Jane Cowl (play)
Country
USA
Released
1922-02-13
Runtime
96 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from marrying him by her guardian John Carteret. John is haunted by memories of his thwarted love for Kathleen's aunt, Moonyean.
Rated
Passed
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The Miracle Man
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Actors
Lon Chaney
Director
George Loane Tucker
Writer
George M. Cohan (play)
Country
USA
Released
1919-08-26
Runtime
80 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam gullible public of funds for a supposed ...
Rated
Not Rated
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Pollyanna
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Actors
Mary Pickford
Director
Paul Powell
Writer
Eleanor H. Porter (based on the book by)
Country
USA
Released
1920-01-18
Runtime
58 min
Genre
Family
Language
None
Plot
An orphan's optimistic outlook brings a change to the ill-tempered town in which she resides to her aunt.
Rated
TV-G
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Human Hearts
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Actors
House Peters
Director
King Baggot
Writer
Lucien Hubbard
Country
USA
Released
1922-08-01
Runtime
70 min
Genre
Drama
Language
English
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The Turning Point
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Actors
Soava Gallone
Director
Carmine Gallone
Writer
Henry Kistemaekers (play)
Country
Italy
Released
1922-11-01
Language
Italian
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