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: 1923-05-05
Summary:

Readers of Vicente Blasco Ibanez's novel 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' which is being shown on Monday at the Star Theatre. The film is starred by Rudolph Valentino. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-05-05
Summary:

Star Theatre is going to screen the film version of a novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibanez entitled, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' which had a successful run in London. The original story is presented in a much more intense manner on screen by director Mr. Rex Ingram…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-07
Summary:

Holding its own with the best of D. W. Griffith's productions and possessing an even greater significance, the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which is being screened at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, today for the first time. Readers of the novel by Vicente…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-05-07
Summary:

For the first time today, Star Theatre is going to screen the film version of Vicente Blasco Ibanez's novel entitled 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' The big settings are one of the notable features of the film. Film synopsis included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-08
Summary:

Some excellent films have been shown in Hongkong from time to time but surely nothing finer in its way than the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which crowded audiences saw for the first time at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, yesterday. The plot of the widely read…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-09
Summary:

One opinion has it that the scenes dealing with the hero's youth which occur in the first part of the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which crowded audiences are seeing at the Star Theatre in Kowloon just now, could easily have been cut out. It has been…

107
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-05-09
Summary:

Star Theatre is showing the pictorial representation of Vincente Ibanez, entitled 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' The picture aptly exhibits the horrors of the Great War. Together with 'Intolerance,' this latest Coronet production should be taken over by the League of…

108
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…

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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…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-05-15
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' for two days. The final screening will take place on Wednesday evening.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-05-16
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' for the last time tonight. The picture aptly exhibits the horrors of the Great War.

112
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-05-19
113
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…

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Headline: Close-ups
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-06-09
115
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…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-06-26
Summary:

In response to numerous requests, the Coronet has been decided to screen 'The Four Horsemen' again.

117
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…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-06-26
Summary:

On Friday, Coronet Theatre will be screening 'The Four Horsemen' again. The full orchestra will play special music during the showing of the picture.

119
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-06-29
Summary:

In response to numerous requests, Mr. Ray of the Coronet has been decided to screen 'The Four Horsemen' today for one last time. It is a masterpiece and ranks with such pictures as 'Intolerance'

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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…