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: 1923-05-11 - 1923-05-12
Summary:

Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15, Blasco Ibanez's 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-11
Summary:

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…

123
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-14 - 1923-05-14
Summary:

Owing to the tremendous demand for seats, 'The Four Horsemen' will be shown for three more days.

124
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-14 - 1923-05-15
Summary:

The Coronet: Today, tomorrow and Wednesday at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., last three nights of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' The Star: Tonight till Wednesday at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., the film sensational, 'Dangerous Hours.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-15 - 1923-05-16
Summary:

Tonight and tomorrow at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., last two night of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' May 16 Remarks: Comment from Evening Dispatch included.

126
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-15
Summary:

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…

127
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-16 - 1923-05-16
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., for the last time, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' The Star: At 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., today only, the film sensational, 'Dangerous Hours.'

128
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-31 - 1923-05-31
Summary:

It shows Norma Talmadge at her best! It was proclaimed both in England and America the outstanding picture of 1922. It has pleased everybody that has seen it! The theme is such that it can only be adequately expressed upon the screen! It stands with 'Way Down East' and 'The Four…

129
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…

130
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-23
Summary:

(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…

131
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-25 - 1923-06-28
Summary:

Friday, June 29 at 2.30, 5.30 and 9.15, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

132
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-26
Summary:

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…

133
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29 - 1923-06-29
Summary:

Positively for one day only, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' with the full musical score. Admission: 2.30 p.m., $1.00 and 50 cents; 5.15 p.m., $1.50 and 80 cents; 9.15 p.m., $2.00 and $1.00. Come and test our new cooling plant and let us know what you think about it.

134
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29 - 1923-06-29
Summary:

The film and the music. Today at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15, for one day only, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

135
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…

137
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-15
Summary:

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…

138
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-16 - 1923-10-16
Summary:

Six million votes were cast in the Sunday Pictorial Film Contest resulting as follows: 1. 'Way Down East,' 475,649 votes; 2. 'Orphans of the Storm,' 447,428 votes; 3. 'The Kid,' 446,216 votes; 4. 'The Four Horsemen,' 436,470 votes; 5. 'Queen of Sheba…

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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-19
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) I feel bound to reply to Unklutch's latest sneer at 'so-called super-productions.' The pictures for which the Coronet increased prices during the past twelve months were: 'Way Down East,' 'The Three Musketeers,' 'Intolerance…