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: 1919-01-07
Summary:

The difficulties at the Coronet Theatre in connection with the light have been overcome. The picture is much nearer and larger. The front rows which are too close to the screen have been removed.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-04-05
Summary:

Highly appreciative of the good fare offered have been the large audiences that have assembled at the Coronet during the holidays to see Goldwyn's delightful screen version of R. C. Carton's sporting comedy 'Lord and Lady Algy.' With this picture, the Coronet is inaugurating…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-04-09
Summary:

Here is a picture that should break all records in attendance. It fairly bristles with good features, the chief one being the star, Geraldine Farrar. 'Shadows' is at the Coronet. In addition to it, there is an interesting Pathe News, showing scenes from London, California and Paris,…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-05-01
Summary:

The Crimson Gardenia' is the most perfect film that the Coronet has yet screened. The musical programme that the Coronet orchestra supplies to accompany it is on the same high level. Owen Moore gives a good account of himself. In addition to it, there is a striking Pathe Newsreel and a…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1921-03-19
Summary:

An entertaining film, entitled 'The Prince and Betty' is now being screened at the Coronet. The fortunes of a miniature State and the facility with which its destiny is guided by the whims of a dictator who is not always disinterested in its financial attractions as a 'Monte Carlo…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-11 - 1922-09-11
Summary:

Commencing tonight, the little house will present one after another, ten tip-top programmes. Tonight till Thursday, Mary Pickford in 'Heart o' the Hills.' If you liked Mary in 'Daddy-Long-Legs,' you will love her in 'Heart o' the Hills.' Friday next,…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-14 - 1922-09-14
Summary:

Today at all shows, last performances of 'Heart o' the Hills' featuring Mary Pickford. Tomorrow, Harold Lloyd in his first comedy of feature-length, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Also 'The Swatow Disaster' special film.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

Tonight, Harold Lloyd in 'A Sailor Made Man.' September 18 Remarks: On page 4, another ad. saying it is a enormous success. All records broken except that for 'The Kid.'

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'A Sailor Made Man.' Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15 only, Mary Pickford in 'Heart o' the Hills,' a First National attraction.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-15
Summary:

Tonight's the night, Harold Lloyd in his first comedy of feature-length, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Also showing special film of 'The Swatow Disaster.' Slightly increased prices. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15, Mary Pickford in her best picture, 'Heart o' the Hills,' a First National attraction.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-15
Summary:

Harold Lloyd, in his latest picture 'A Sailor-Made Man,' comes to the Coronet this afternoon. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-15
Summary:

Unlike the past, when a comedy was nothing but a mad fight pursued through a thousand feet of film by an infuriated mob, nowadays a comedian has to content himself with just such a situation as any ordinary person might find himself in. Harold Lloyd is a prime example of this new cult of…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Kowloon Theatre, tonight at 9.15, Mary Pickford in 'Heart o' the Hills,' a First National attraction.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-16 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

Children wearing Harold Lloyd spectacles will be admitted at 2.30 today free to see Harold Lloyd in his first full-length comedy, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Picture included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-16
Summary:

Harold Lloyd's comedy 'A Sailor Made Man' drew big audiences to the Coronet Theatre yesterday. Besides, Irene Castle, world-famous as a dancer, swimmer, and Society entertainer, has returned to the screen after a lapse of two years in 'The Firing Line.' The film will be…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-16
Summary:

Hugely delighted audiences saw the four-reel Harold Lloyd Comedy 'A Sailor-Made Man' at the Coronet yesterday. An interesting feature of the same programme was a film about Swatow after the typhoon.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-16
Summary:

Yesterday, Coronet Theatre screened the four-reel Harold Lloyd comedy 'A Sailor-Made Man.' The picture conveys the idea of destruction after a typhoon.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-18 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'A Sailor Made Man,' and film of the Swatow Disaster. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15 only, 'The Revenge of Tarzan,' not a serial.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-18 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

Enormous success of Harold Lloyd in 'A Sailor-Made Man' at the Coronet. All records broken except that for 'The Kid.' Four packed houses on Saturday, at the Coronet, laughed their appreciation of Harold Lloyd's smile-a-minute four-reel comedy, 'A Sailor-Made Man.…