The Birth of a Nation' was a tax upon self-control, but far more wearing upon a director must have been in the preparation of the spectacle 'Intolerance' which, at the Coronet Theatre promises to be the sensation of the season. Film synopsis included.
Way Down East,' a production of David Wark Griffith based on the old play by Lottie Blair Parker, will come to the Coronet Theatre on Monday. David Wark Griffith is known for 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Intolerance,' 'Broken Blossoms,' and 'Hearts of the…
A screen version of 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' starring Mary Pickford, comes to the Coronet Theatre. The story is written by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. Film synopsis included.
It is announced that Mary Pickford is to charter a liner and make a tour of the Far East with her husband, the genial Douglas Fairbanks. She has given us with her film version of 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' which is being shown at the Coronet Theatre all this week.
Little Lord Fauntleroy,' starring Mary Pickford, finishes its run at the Coronet Theatre on Sunday. It is announced that, next week's attraction will be 'Disraeli.' 'Disraeli' is a film version of the famous play of that name by Louis N. Parker. Mr. George Arliss,…
Filmdom's latest fashion is the dual role. Mary Pickford fell victim to it with 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' and now Charlie Chaplin has allotted himself two parts in 'The Idle Class.' 'The Idle Class' will be shown at the Coronet Theatre all this week. Film plot…
For the rest of the week, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which has been screened with such pronounced success at the Star Theatre in Kowloon, is to be shown at the Coronet. The novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez upon which the picture is based deals with the life story of an ardent…
Including a party from Government House, well over two thousand people have seen the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' which the Coronet management is screening. And of this number, there can have been few for whom it was not a revelation in motion picture…
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…
(By 'X. Y. Z.' for S. C. M. Post) The writer thinks that pictures are more powerful than pen and even the sword. The pictorial presentation of the emotions makes a far wider and more vivid appeal than the written story. However, often it has been prostituted to the basest form of…
Twin Beds,' the film version of the farce comedy stage success of the same name, commenced at the Coronet yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Carter de Haven, who are sponsoring as well as starring in the production, have produced a truly refreshing comedy. Those who missed witnessing the screening of…
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…
Mr. Anthony Hope may rightly be called the creator of the country of Ruritania, about which so many romances and plays are written nowadays. 'The Prisoner of Zenda' is so well-known to the general public that it is a matter of general interest to see how the film version compares with…
David Wark Griffiths [sic] goes from strength to strength. When 'Orphans of the Storm' was first shown in the big cities of the world, the Press pronounced it an epochal triumph. Taken from the story of 'The Two Orphans,' it is a story of the events leading up to and…
The Coronet management informs us that it is making all final arrangements for showing 'Orphans of the Storm,' David Griffiths [sic] great film of the events before and including the French Revolution. 'Orphans of the Storm' has a special musical score calling for…
Cinderella's Twin,' with Viola Dana, will continue at the Coronet until Sunday. The next big Coronet film will be 'Orphans of the Storm,' which is now in course of preparation. Bookings for the coming months include Norma Talmadge in the 'The Eternal Flame,' Wesley…
The events preceding and including the French Revolution are shown in graphic and faithful fashion in 'Orphans of the Storm,' Griffith's film adapted from the stage play 'The Two Orphans.' Griffith's [sic] has presented a vista of the economic and social conditions…
Some of the world's greatest crimes have been committed by well-meaning men,' said D. W. Griffith in an interview while filming 'Orphans of the Storm,' which is at the Coronet this week. 'The events leading up to the great revolution, which I am depicting as the climax…