Film Database on Film Exhibition and Reception in Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 to 1925

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  • Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu. 2023. “More than law and order: film regulations and the control of Chinese theatres in colonial Hong Kong.” Screen 64 (1): 38–57. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/hjad002

  • Yu, Mo-wan. 1985. Xianggang dianying shihua 香港電影史話 [Anecdotes of Hong Kong Cinema Vol. 1]. Hong Kong: Wide Angle Press Ltd.

  • Zhou, Chengren, and Li Yizhuang. 2009. Zaoqi Xianggang dianying shi: 1897–1945 早期香港電影史 [History of early Hong Kong cinema: 1897–1945]. Shanghai: Shanghai renmin chubanshe.

 

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