A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1897-10-20
Summary:

The Cinematograph will be exhibited at the theatre tonight at 9.15. No one should miss the opportunity of seeing the Queen's Jubilee pictures.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1897-11-19
Summary:

Last night in Theatre Royal, the Elsie Adair Company gave an amusing entertainment before a large house. And a series of animated pictures were shown by means of Edison's Vitascope. It was an almost total absence of the flicker which has characterised all previous exhibitions of pictures of…

3
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1897-11-19 - 1897-11-20
Summary:

Performance by Elsie Adair, assisted by amateurs from the Warships, Regiments, and the Hongkong Amateurs. New Animated Pictures, including fifteen views of the Queen's Jubilee Procession.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1897-11-20
Summary:

At the Theatre Royal tonight, Miss Elsie Adair, assisted by several Hongkong amateurs, will give another performance. And fifteen views of the Jubilee procession will be shown on the vitascope. Mrs Jewell, and Miss Lee Jarvis, the celebrated comic opera prima donna, is to contribute several…

5
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1898-04-12
Summary:

Carl Hertz has decided to give a farewell performances. There was a change of programme, new from start to finish, including presentation of the new illusion entitle 'Mephisto's Target.' This is the illusion which caused such a sensation at the theatre in London, where it was…

6
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1898-04-16
Summary:

Tonight, Carl Hertz bids good-bye to the Hongkong public. A special farewell programme has been arranged including his latest illusion 'Mephisto's Target,' new tricks, new songs by Mdlle D'Alton and new picture on the Cinematographe [sic], which will include the Queen's…

7
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1898-04-18
Summary:

Carl Hertz, the conjurer, gave his last performance of the series in the Theatre Royal on Saturday night. There was a very good house. Some of the pictures shown by means of the Cinematographe were exceedingly good, and the Jubilee Procession was most enthusiastically received, more especially…

8
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1912-05-25 - 1912-05-28
Summary:

Every evening at 7.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m., a boom in picture plays; The Conjurer's Triumph - by Max Linder; The Pathe Gayette [sic] - the world's latest news; The Gaumont Graphics -- news from home; 'What Every Mother Does' - by Wiffles; 'Please Take One' - by Nick…

9
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1912-12-28 - 1912-12-31
Summary:

Latest news in pictures, London edition of Pathe Gazette and Gaumont Graphic; vaudeville by Dolly Swift, Gladys Spencer, and Ada Rowley.

10
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-02-05 - 1913-02-07
Summary:

The specialty, News of the World in Pictures (Pathe Gazette & Gaumont Graphic); acrobatic performance; musical interludes by Cecile Stephano and Dolly Swift.

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Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-02-15 - 1913-02-18
Summary:

The great two part-coloured drama, 'The Forger' (the star comic by Prince), 'An Official Lapse,' and News of the Day by Pathe Gazette; performances by Cecile Stephano, Violet Bonetta, and Dolly Swift.

12
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-02-19 - 1913-02-22
Summary:

All new pictures, 'The Water Funker' (Max Linder), 'The White Nigger' (Prince), 'Carlo's Devotion'; drama: 'A Model's Sacrifice'; Football at Home and Pathe Gazette; performances by Cecile Stephano and Dolly Swift.

13
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-02-24 - 1913-02-25
Summary:

9.15 programme: World's News in Pictures by Pathe Gazette, 'Wiffles Tries Cinema Acting,' 'The River Clyde' (a fine scenic), 'School of Gymnasts' [sic], 'A True Fish Story,' and 'Rinking Mad'; 'Nais Miscovlin' (drama); performances…

14
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-02-26 - 1913-02-28
Summary:

9.15 programme: special picture for race week, 'The Stolen Favourite' by Nick Winter, News of the Day (Pathe Gazette and Gaumont Graphic); performances by Cecile Stephano, Dolly Swift, and Violet Bonetta.

15
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-03-08 - 1913-03-11
Summary:

Tonight at 9.15, all new pictures, dramas and comics; The Latest News (Pathe Gazettes); performance by Bonetta and Stephano; next week, 'Les Miserables' (from the world story of Victor Hugo) will be produced at the Victoria Theatre.

16
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-04-02 - 1913-04-04
Summary:

News of the Day (Pathe Gazette); 'The Moustache and the Maids' (comic); Nick Winter's 'New Pupil,' 'Sauce for the Goose,' 'Waiting for Mother,' and 'Abbreviations'; performance by Violet Bonetta and Cecile Stephano; 7.15 pictures only.

17
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-04-05 - 1913-04-08
Summary:

The fire two-part drama, 'The Fisher-girl of Venice,' 'Betrayed by a Kiss' (comic), 'A Slight Mistake,' and News in Pictures (Pathe Gazette and Gaumont Graphic); performances by Cecile Stephano and Violet Bonetta; 7.15 pictures only.

18
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-04-12 - 1913-04-16
Summary:

His Lordship's Little Lapse' (a rattling two-roll comic by Prince); The Stinia Troupe of Acrobats; 'A Xmas Problem' (coloured art); News of the Day (Pathe Gazette and Gaumont Graphic); performances by Cecile Stephano and Violet Bonetta; 7.15 pictures only.

19
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-04-19 - 1913-04-22
Summary:

Captain Kate,' stirring American (A B), sensational drama; 'A Diplomatic Lover' (comic); 'At the Front' by Prince; 'Two Little Scapegraces'; 'Love Laughs at Locksmiths'; News of the World (Pathe Gazette); performances by Violet Bonetta; matinees…

20
Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-04-23 - 1913-04-25
Summary:

Special 'A B' comic, 'A Jealous Husband'; 'A Study in Diplomacy' (comic); 'Losing His Temper'; 'A Trip on the Seine' (scenic); News of the Day (Pathe Gazette & Gaumont Graphic); performance by Violet Bonetta; matinees details included.