A member of the Dalai Lama's Household has lately acquired in India a complete cinematograph outfit, and is going to have it installed at Lhasa. The moving pictures will doubtless cause a sensation in the holy city, but the Tibetans are not likely to regard the new machine as anything…
Among the institutions which have been brought into existence during the past few years as a powerful educational factor we must include the cinematograph. The exhibitions must enlighten, but it is a moot point among critics whether the enlightenment is always for good. Pictures provide the…
London, March 11 – Field Marshal Lord Roberts is continuing his campaign for the promotion of national defence. Workmen have been accorded places of honour on the platforms. Meetings are to be held at Wolverhampton on the 14th for which special trains are to be run from midland towns. There will…
A further indication of the rapidly increasing growth of the cinematograph industry in England is the fact that it has been found necessary to take steps to organize a large body of people whose services are indispensable. Women are being paid less, and the activists hope to improve the status…
The London County Council Educational Committee has lately done an experiment by using cinema exhibitions for educational purposes. The Committee has considered a recommendation to receive an offer from a firm. It is proposed to give the performance 4 times a day for a week in every 6…
The Liverpool special committee, which was appointed last October to consider the proposed new rules for premises licensed for cinematograph exhibitions, states in its report that there are complaints from time to time. The committee believed that this form of censorship did not go far enough,…
Living pictures of some of the strangest people in the world will be shown shortly at a West End cinema theatre. These pictures are made by Mr. Jack London and Mr. Martin Johnson, who had bought back 26,000 feet of film after his travel to the South Sea Islands. The cinema machine has secured…
Paris now has the finest and best equipped oceanographic museum in the globe, which is near the Odeon Theatre. The lectures in the museum are usually at 9, using magic lantern and the Cinematograph. Prince Albert had donated 200,000 to the museum.
Mr. Henry Dallas has reserved two best one-act pieces for his last two nights in the Victoria Theatre. In addition to the triple bill, several new Films will be shown on the Cinematograph.
The author of 'Quo Vadis' has sold the rights of reporting his works, on films to a European Syndicate for 1.25 billion francs, and a similar right to an American Company for a like sum.
To the Editor S. C. M. Post – The writer believes that the programme of the cinematograph on Saturday and Sunday are unsuitable for children. The writer suggests that one matinee each week should be specially arranged for children.
Mrs. Lander, wife of the Bishop of Victoria, will open the sale of work to be held in connection with St. Andrews' church this afternoon. There are many attractions, including cinematograph shows.
The well kept lawns fronting St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, were on Saturday the scene of much deserving activity on the occasion of a most successful bazaar and sale of work organized. In the afternoon, there was a well-chosen programme of music, and the evening was made very attractive by…
A simultaneous increase of 25% in the price of photographic plates by English makers, said to be the result of the formation of an agreement on the part of the makers of all the so-called English popular English brands, has caused considerable complaint in the press on the amateurs. The Bradford…
Six years ago the total number of employees in cinematograph theatres in Great Britain was about 500. They now exceed 125,000. Their weekly wage-bill probably runs into £250,000 or more. The number of people visiting the cinemas per week must be well over eight million. These and many other…
The Committee of the M. C. L. wishes to thank the Cinematograph Co. for their two most successful shows.
Films screening of 'The Last Ray of Sunshine'; Screening of Gaumont Graphic; Coming films: 'Quo Vadis' and 'Battle of Waterloo'
Film screening of 'The Cowboy Millionaires'; Screening of Gaumont Graphic and somc comic pictures; Coming pictures: 'Quo Vadis' and 'The Battle of Waterloo'
Film screening of 'The Bread Carrier' (3 parts, 4,000 ft); Coming pictures: 'Quo Vadis' and 'The Battle of Waterloo'
Film screening of 'Sheridan Ride' (in 2 parts); Screening of Gaumont Graphic; Coming pictures: 'Quo Vadis' and 'The Battle of Waterloo'