A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: South China Morning Post Advertisement 1924-11-20
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-20 - 1924-11-20
Summary:

There will be a cinematograph display at the Helena May Institute tomorrow, Friday, November 21st at the children's hour, 5 o'clock. Tickets 50 cents each, family ticket for 3 people $1.00.

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Headline: Sanitary Campaign
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-01-05
Summary:

In the Legislative Council, the Hon. Colonial Secretary praised the excellent work of the Sanitary Department. With his view, we were generally in accord, but it seems that it yet has something to learn from the Department of Public Health in Siam. They have started out a very comprehensive…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-10 - 1925-02-10
Summary:

Looking back over all the big spectacular pictures we have shown at the Coronet and not forgetting 'Hearts of the World,' 'My Four Years in Germany,' 'Intolerance,' 'Man-Woman-Marriage,' 'Orphans of the Storm,' 'The Four Horsemen,'…

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Headline: South China Morning Post Advertisement 1925-02-12
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-12 - 1925-02-12
Summary:

There will be a cinematograph display for children on Friday, February 6 at 5 p.m. at the Helena May Institute. Tickets 50 cents each. Family tickets $1.00 for three people.

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Headline: Queen's Theatre Attraction: A Spanish Drama
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-13
Summary:

Miriam Cooper, the actress who bewitched thousands by her portrayal of one of the Cameron sisters in 'The Birth of a Nation' and in 'Intolerance' will appear at the Queen's Theatre today in 'Serenade,' an R. A. Walsh-First National Attraction. Playing opposite…

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Headline: Golden Jubilee: St. Joseph's College Celebrations - Programme Drafted
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-06-10
Summary:

There was a large attendance of old boys at the meeting held at the St. Joseph's College yesterday when the forthcoming golden jubilee celebrations were discussed. The last day of the programme will be devoted to the present pupils of the College. There will be a cinematograph show in the…

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Headline: Queen's Super Cinema: Daily at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Sundays at 6, 7.30 and 9.15.
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-09-21 - 1925-09-21
Summary:

Today only, D. W. Griffith presents his great spectacular drama, 'The Fall of Babylon,' being the Babylonian scenes from 'Intolerance' with additions, with a wonderful cast includes Seena Owen, Constance Talmadge, Tully Marshall, Elmer Clifton, Alfred Paget and Elmo Lincoln.…

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Headline: The Cinema: Twenty-Five Years Development - A Clerical Survey
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-12-07
Summary:

The following is from St. John Cathedral Notes: We had decided to make a reply to Professor Forster's criticisms of the cinema before we had read them. It must be admitted that the cinema gives us a stock of outrageous unreality. The dollar, moreover, is represented in most film stories as…

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Headline: Notable Picture at the Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-12-29
Summary:

(By H. W. R. to the S. C. M. Post) When the time comes to write the story of the rise of the moving picture there will, I believe, be found two names that will 'lead the rest;' those of Charles Chaplin and D. W. Griffith. David Wark Griffith has been called the Dickens of the screen.…