A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-09-13 - 1913-09-20
Summary:

5 nights commencing Wed., Sept. 17, matinee Saturday: Geo. Samuels presents the famous Carnegie-Museum, 'Alaska-Siberia Expedition,' motion pictures, 6000 feet of films and 30 explanatory slides, accompanied by an explanatory lecture, two hours of continuous sensation and breathless…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1913-09-16
Summary:

The motion picture taken by the Carnegie Museum Alaska-Siberia Expedition will be shown tomorrow night at the Bijou Theatre. The films are new and are about the animal and birdlife in Alaska. Mr. George Samuels explains the various scenes; Film stills included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1913-09-18
Summary:

Mr. George Samuel opened a five days engagement at the Bijou last evening exhibiting the Carnegie Alaska-Siberia motion pictures. There are a lot of audiences in the house despite the weather, and the pictures are unusual. The Alaska-Siberia pictures were very popular in Shanghai. The public…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-09-19
Summary:

Mr. George Samuels presents the Alaska-Siberian film at the Peak Hotel on Monday, September 22, at 9-15 p.m. under the patronage of H. E., the officer administering the Government, Mr. Cland Severn.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1913-09-22
Summary:

Mr. Samuel, who bought the Alaska-Siberia film to Hong Kong, will proceed to the Philippines by arrangements from the Kumana Maru where the film will be shown to the pupils in scholastic centres to witness these striking pictures. After a visit to Saigon, Mr. Samuels will return for a short…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1913-11-18
Summary:

Visitors at the Hongkong Hotel include Mr. W. F. Inglis, of Messrs. Jardine Matheson's (Shanghai) and Mrs. Inglis, Mr. G. Samuels, of moving picture fame, and Mr. E. W. Bauckham, of the Rosenstock Directory.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1914-03-26
Summary:

An extraordinary sequel to the Liverpool sack murder was recently revealed. Samuel Angeles Eltoft was arrested and sentenced to four years. The detective believed that Eltoft was inspired by a dramatic picture shown in Liverpool cinema theatre weeks ago.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1917-03-17
Summary:

The Home Secretary has decided to abandon for the present the proposal for establishing a central censorship of film. The proposal was put forward by Mr. Herbert Samuel.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-02-23
Summary:

Crowded houses have been the order of the day at the Coronet, where is being screened Goldwyn's 'Polly of the Circus,' with Mae Marsh. The film is in eight parts and which was the means of bringing Samuel Goldwyn into the front rank of American producers. Some very clever acting…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-02-28
Summary:

The circus is coming into fashion again. The kinema ought to have provided them with some entertainment of the right sort. But, unfortunately, films so far have too often been the work of folk who, as Samuel Butler said of the compilers of the Church Catechism, clearly were never young…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1921-07-23
Summary:

The Devil's Pass Key' is the current attraction at the Wo Ping Theatre. Starring Una Trevelyn, Maud [sic] George, Mae Busch, Samuel de Grasse and Clyde Fillimore [sic]. Music was supplied by Coronet Orchestra. A fine tropical gazette showing the Australian cricketers at play, the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-01-24 - 1922-01-24
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach presents 'Out of the Storm' and Topical Budget. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., cabaret dance. Tickets $1.00 each at Moutrie's. Best floor in the colony.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-01-24 - 1922-01-24
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, Samuel Goldwyn & Rex Beach presents 'Out of the Storm,' and Topical Budget. Kowloon Theatre: Today from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Cabaret Dance. Tickets $1 at Moutrie's. Best floor in the Colony.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-01-24
Summary:

Out of the Storm,' the latest Eminent Authors production, will be shown at the Coronet Theatre this evening. Adapted by Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach from 'The Tower of Ivory,' the famous novel written by Gertrude Atherton, this photoplay ranks with the finest of its kind produced…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-01-24
Summary:

When a film is adapted from novel as Gertrude Atherton's 'The Tower of Ivory' and is presented by skilled producers, as Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach, clearly it is no ordinary photoplay. You will heartily agree when you see 'Out of the Storm,' the latest Eminent Author…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-01-24 - 1922-01-27
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach presents 'Out of the Storm' and Topical Budget. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Cabaret Dance. Tickets, $1.00 each at Moutrie's. Best floor in the colony.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-01-25 - 1922-01-25
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach presents 'Out of the Storm' and Topical Budget. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight, special dance with Keye's famous jazz-orchestra from Seattle. See page 5. Best floor in the colony.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-01-25 - 1922-01-25
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, Samuel Goldwyn & Rex Beach presents 'Out of the Storm,' and Topical Budget. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight, Special Dance with Keye's famous Jazz-orchestra. Best floor in the Colony.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-01-26 - 1922-01-26
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, Samuel Goldwyn & Rex Beach presents 'Out of the Storm,' and Topical Budget. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight, Cabaret Dance. Tickets $1 at Moutrie's. Best floor in the Colony.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-01-26
Summary:

Adapted from 'The Tower of Ivory,' the famous novel by Gertrude Atherton, 'Out of the Storm' continues to be shown at the Coronet Theatre. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and Rex Beach, this photoplay is one of the finest filmed by the Eminent Authors concern.