A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-14
Summary:

A large, old-fashioned trunk is Jackie Coogan's bed in 'Daddy,' a First National picture, produced by Sol Lesser, which is coming to the Queen's Theatre tomorrow for a five days' engagement. E. Mason Hopper directed it from the original story by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coogan…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-11-15
Summary:

Daddy' which was produced by Sol Lesse [sic] and directed by E. Mason Hopper, comes to the Queen's Theatre today. The picture starred by Jackie Coogan and Cesare Gravina, an Italian actor and musician. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-15
Summary:

Daddy,' a First National picture starring Jackie Coogan, contains an episode that critics have declared to be the most powerful and gripping they have ever beheld on the screen. In this particular sequence appears Cesare Gravini [sic], an Italian actor and musician, celebrated on the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-01-07 - 1925-01-07
Summary:

Carl Laemmle presents a Universal super-Jewel, 'Merry-Go-Round' starring Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry, with George Hackathorne, Sidney Bracey, Cesare Gravina, Spottiswoode Aitken, Dale Fuller, Dorothy Wallace, George Siegmann and Maude George. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-05
Summary:

Hongkong folk who have read Francis [sic] Hodgson Burnett's story, 'Editha's Burglar,' will be delighted to know that the film version, entitled 'The Family Secret,' is to be screened at the Star Theatre. The story is given an entirely new charm by Baby Peggy. Those…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-06 - 1925-02-06
Summary:

The Family Secret,' a Universal-Jewel presented by Carl Laemmle, directed by Wm. Seiter, featuring Baby Peggy, Gladys Hulette, Edward Earle, Frank Currier, Cesare Gravina and Martha Mattox. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-03-07
Summary:

Mr. Rafael Sabatini, the well-known novelist and biographer of Cesare Brogia and Torquemada, has been awarded the $10,000 prize offered by Adolph Zukor to the author whose story or play made the most successful film. The closing date was September 1, 1924 and it was with 'Scaramouche'…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-03-13
Summary:

Mr. Rafael Sabatini, the novelist and biographer of Cesare Borgia and Torquemada, has been awarded the $10,000 prize offered by Adolph Zukor to the author whose story or play made the most successful film. The closing date was September 1st, 1924, and it was with 'Scaramouche' that Mr…

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-04-18 - 1925-04-18
Summary:

Starting Wednesday next, 'Butterfly,' with Laura La Plante, Kenneth Harlan, Ruth Clifford, Norman Kerry, T. Roy Barnes, Margaret Livingston, Freeman Wood and Cesare Gravina, a Clarence Brown production. Illustration included.

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-22 - 1925-04-22
Summary:

Starting tomorrow at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Kathleen Norris' world-famous novel, 'Butterfly,' a Universal super Jewel in eight reels, with a brilliant cast headed by Laura La Plante, Norman Kerry, Ruth Clifford, Kenneth Harlan, supported by Roy Barnes, Margaret Livingstone, Freeman…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-04-25
Summary:

World Theatre is screening the Universal Jewel production 'Butterfly.' The film is a Clarence Brown adaptation of Kathleen Norris' novel. The film features Ruth Clifford, Laura La Plante and Norman Kerry. The other five major characters are portrayed by Kenneth Harlan, Cesare…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-25
Summary:

Kathleen Norris' famous novel, 'Butterfly,' has been converted to the screen with remarkable fidelity in the Clarence Brown- Universal Jewel picturization of the story, which had its local opening at the World Theatre last night. Laura La Plante handles the title role. Ruth…

13
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-06-11
Summary:

Jackie Coogan and a great circus are coming to town. The picture entitled 'Circus Days' which will be shown at the Queen's Theatre tomorrow, which is based on James Otis' [sic] story 'Toby Tyler.' Other cast included Barbara Tenant [sic], Claire McDowell, Russell…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-06-11
Summary:

Jackie Coogan and a great circus are coming to town. Sol Lesser presents Jackie in this successor to the same producer's presentation of 'Oliver Twist,' and the name of the lavish picture which will be shown at the Queen's Theatre tomorrow is 'Circus Days.' It is a…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-06-12
Summary:

Amid the fanfare of trumpets, the piercing notes of a steam calliope, Jackie Coogan runs away and joins a circus in his latest First National picture, 'Circus Days,' which comes to the Queen's Theatre today. 'Circus Days' is adapted from James Otis's noted story,…