A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-04 - 1923-05-04
Summary:

Today at 5.15 and 9 p.m., deluxe presentation of D. W. Griffith's screen masterpiece, 'Intolerance.' Prices: 5.15, $1.50 and 80 cents; 9 p.m., $2.00 and $1.00. Children's matinee, Saturday at 2, $1.00 and 50 cents. Today at 2.30 only, 'Crooked Straight.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-05 - 1923-05-05
Summary:

Today at 2 p.m., 5.15 and 9 p.m., tomorrow at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., last performances of 'Intolerance.' Prices: 2 p.m., $1.00 and 50 cents; 5.15 and 6, $1.50 and 80 cents; 9 p.m., $2.00 and $1.00.

123
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-07
Summary:

Man-Woman-Marriage,' the film which drew packed houses to the Coronet Theatre every night for a week last summer, is again to be screened in Hongkong. It is a production which bears comparison with such masterpieces as 'The Four Horsemen and 'Intolerance.' Dorothy Phillips…

124
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29
Summary:

Today is the last chance residents will get of seeing the screening of the wonderful masterpiece, 'The Four Horsemen,' in Hongkong. Mr. Ray has decided to show the film again. It is a film that will live, and there are some who even prefer it to 'Intolerance.' 'The Four…

125
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-12-03 - 1923-12-03
Summary:

D. W. Griffith's 'Orphans of the Storm' is the greatest thing that the greatest genius of the movies has made. Its big mob scenes are as big as those in 'Intolerance'; its heart interest is as great as that of 'Way Down East'; Lillian and Dorothy Gish are…

126
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-01-11 - 1924-01-11
Summary:

Hongkong cinemagoers have chosen two Griffith production as being the best pictures the movie industry has mode. They will add one more when they have seen 'The Birth of a Nation.' Its cast includes Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, H. B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid and…

127
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-04-30 - 1924-04-30
Summary:

Gorgeous and spectacular as 'Intolerance'; mob scenes that rival those of 'Orphans of the Storm'; a setting rivaling that in 'Robin Hood'; a story as touching as 'The Miracle Man'; thrills that compare with those in 'Way Down East'--the moving…

128
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-05-27
Summary:

Countless film features have been shown here with Norma Talmadge in the starring role. This is perfectly true of 'The Wonderful Thing,' a First National picture directed by Herbert Brenon. Harrison Ford is also in the film and there is also the novelty of a real American society leader…

129
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-14 - 1924-06-17
Summary:

Commencing today, the Topical Budget is here again starting with the King at the British Empire Exhibition. Also George Arliss in 'The Silent Voice' or 'The Man Who Played God.'

130
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-16 - 1924-06-16
Summary:

Today and tomorrow at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, George Arliss in 'The Silent Voice' or 'The Man Who Played God,' presented by Distinctive Productions Inc., directed by Harmon Weight. Also the King at the opening of the gorgeous British Empire Exhibition in the latest Topical…

131
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-17 - 1924-06-17
Summary:

See the opening of the British Empire Exhibition today only at the Coronet.

132
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-18 - 1924-06-21
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Constance Talmadge in 'The Primitive Lover' and Topical Budget No. 662.

133
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-30 - 1924-07-02
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Tom Moore in 'Officer 666,' Baby Peggy in 'Such Is Life' and Topical Budget No. 664.

134
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-30 - 1924-06-30
Summary:

Stately pageantry greets King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Roumania; King and Queen escort them through British Dominions at Wembley, in the latest Topical Budget. Baby Peggy in 'Such Is Life,' a two-reel comedy. Tom Moore in 'Officer 666.'

135
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-01 - 1924-07-01
Summary:

Today and tomorrow, 2 days only, Samuel Goldwyn presents Tom Moore in 'Officer 666,' the notable stage success by Augustin MacHugh and Winchell Smith, directed by Harry Beaumont. Also Baby Peggy in 'Such Is Life' and Topical Budget. Illustration included.

136
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-28 - 1924-07-30
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., D. W. Griffith's 'Judith of Bethulia' with an all-star cast including Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Henry B. Walthall and Kate Bruce. Also showing a Chinese educational film by B. A. T. Co., '…

137
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-28 - 1924-07-28
Summary:

Judith of Bethulia' is a very old picture, produced in the year 1913, when the film industry was still young. But it was a masterpiece, a sensation and the most spectacular film of its time. David Wark Griffith and it was played by a cast of the most famous and best-loved screen stars of…

138
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-29
Summary:

Exciting much interested comment among local cinema-goers is the movie play 'Judith of Bethulia.' This was the first big film that the master producer, D. W. Griffith ever made, and comparisons are being drawn with his later works, such as 'Intolerance' and 'Way Down…

139
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-08-09 - 1924-08-09
Summary:

Mack Sennett presents Ben Turpin in 'The Shriek of Araby.' Also showing Topical Budget No. 670. See Sir Robert Ho Tung at the Prime Minister's reception.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-08-11 - 1924-08-11
Summary:

You can never afford to miss a programme like this one. Mack Sennett's 'The Shriek of Araby' with Ben Turpin and Kathryn McGuire; Johnny Jones in Booth Tarkington's 'Edgar and the Teacher's Pet'; Topical Budget: Sir Robert Ho Tung at the Prime Minister's…