A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: A Fine Film
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-07-31
Summary:

D. W. Griffith's 'Intolerance,' which is to be the attraction at the Coronet Theatre for three nights commencing tomorrow, Friday, has been playing to capacity houses wherever shown. The production to be given here is an exact duplicate of that used in the Liberty Theatre, New…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-08-01
Summary:

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.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-07-13
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'The Romance of Happy Valley,' today. The film is written by Griffith, the same master hand of other films like 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Intolerance' and 'Way Down East.' Lillian Gish is the lead actress.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-10
Summary:

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…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-07-07
Summary:

A few years ago, two men by the name of Snow spent three years in Africa filming wild animals. The film entitled 'Hunting Big Game' was released in London and it proved to be such a great hit that the London Pavilion ran the production for the whole month. Mr. H.W. Ray of the Hongkong…

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

Mr. H. W. Ray has secured the film, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' taken by the Snows, father and son, during the course of a three years trip through the dark continent with rifle and camera. Film plot included. The film made such a hit at Home that, although booked to appear at the…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-07-27
Summary:

Commencing tomorrow, Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'Hunting Big Game in Africa.' Two American hunters H. A. and Sidney Snow travelled sixty thousand miles through wildest Africa to get the film. Various encounters of the party with different animals are filmed. The picture shows…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-07-27
Summary:

The famous picture, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' which has taken cinema audiences by storm in Great Britain and the States, is to be screened for the first time in Hongkong at the Coronet tomorrow. H.A. and Sidney Snow set out in 1919 from San Francisco on an expedition to conquer…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-07-28
Summary:

Hunting Big Game in Africa with Gun and Camera,' which H.A. Snow brought out of the West and launched at the Lyric Theatre, New York City, for a run of three months. This picture is to be shown at the Coronet Theatre today. Film synopsis included. A critic phrases the general sentiment when…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-07-30
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is screening a super-film entitled 'Hunting Big Game in Africa.' Mr. H. A. and Sid. Snow travelled over 50,000 miles for this film. Enjoying immense success in London, the picture takes the audiences right into the heart of the jungle and people can enjoy spectacles of…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-07-30
Summary:

After seeing this wonderful film screened at the Coronet over the weekend, it is a magnificent picture. 'Hunting Big Game in Africa' is something quite out of the run of ordinary films. Messrs. Snow, the two American hunters responsible for the film, have made a name for themselves in…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-07-31
Summary:

Coronet Theatre continues to screen the H.A. Snow's Oakland Expedition to Africa entitled 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' with packed houses. The picture is one of the best thrillers ever shown in the colony and demonstrates the sincerity of purpose and determination of the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-07-31
Summary:

Hunting Big Game in Africa' continues to draw record houses at the Coronet. If one is impressed by the bravery of H.A. Snow, what must be said for Sidney Snow, the photographer, who stuck to his camera, grinding away with lions, skulking near enough for 'close-ups.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-01
Summary:

It is easier to shoot an animal than to take his picture,' said Mr. Sidney Snow, one of the American hunters responsible for the fine film, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' to an interviewer recently. The film is being shown to large audiences at the Coronet every day until further…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-08-02
Summary:

Today and tomorrow are the last days of screening of 'Hunting Big Game in Africa' in the Coronet Theatre.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-02
Summary:

The wonderful wild animal film, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' which has been delighting large audiences at the Coronet Saturday last, is being screened for only two more days. Today and tomorrow are the last chances residents will have of seeing this fine film. It is a picture nobody…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-08-03
Summary:

Tonight, for the last time, Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'Hunting Big Game in Africa.'

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-08-18
Summary:

Coronet Theatre recently screened 'Hunting Big Game in Africa.' Now the theatre is going to screen the photoplay entitled 'Nanook of the North' which gives a detailed view into the life of the Arctic Region. The photoplay was taken by Mr. Robert J. Flattery [sic] who spent a…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-11-09
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-12-08
Summary:

David W. Griffith's masterful motion picture elaboration of 'Way Down East' is now showing at the Coronet Theatre. Again, as in the case of 'The Birth of a Nation,' Griffith has turned to a success of the stage for his material. When Lottie Blair Parker and Joseph…