Hongkong Amusement Ltd., open a new Theatre located in Nathan Road of Kowloon. A big roomy place the new theatre is fitted with a battery of electric fans that set up a breeze fresh enough to blow out every match in the box when you begin to light up your pipe. The chairs are those comfortable semi-circular ones and although the floor is level right through the building everyone gets a good view because the screen is hoisted well up. There is seating accommodation for about 400 and there must have been close upon that number of patrons at the opening performances last night. A film version of Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird' was shown for the opening and supported by a clever comedy and some 'Pathe's Screen Magazine.'. It is announced by the management of the Coronet Theatre, another of the company's ventures that as an additional outlet has been secured for their films, a reduction will be made in their charges at the 9.15 p.m. performance.
Headline
Kinema For Kowloon: New Theatre Opened - Coolness and Comfort
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1921-06-14
- Publication Year
1921
Page
4
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Blue Bird
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Actors
Tula Belle
Director
Maurice Tourneur
Writer
Maurice Maeterlinck (play)
Country
USA
Released
1918-03-31
Runtime
75 min
Genre
Family
Language
None
Plot
Two peasant children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, are led by Berylune, a fairy, to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. Berylune gives Tyltyl a cap with a diamond setting, and when Tyltyl turns the...
Awards
1 win.
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Not Rated
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