A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-09-28 - 1920-09-28
Summary:

Tonight and tomorrow, September 28th and 29th at 9.15, Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman' and Billy West in 'The Fly Cop.' String band of S. S. Columbia in attendance. The pictures are all new to Hongkong and the music will be first-class.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-09-29 - 1920-09-29
Summary:

Tonight, Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman.' Music by S. S. Columbia String Band.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-09-29 - 1920-09-29
Summary:

Tonight at 9.15 p.m., Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman,' etc.

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Headline: Open Air Cinema
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-09-29
Summary:

There was a very large attendance last night, the best hitherto, at the open-air cinema in the grounds of the Club de Recreio, Kowloon. The pictures screened, which were greatly enjoyed and all entirely new to Hongkong, included one entitled 'The Savage Woman' in which Clara Kimball…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-09-29 - 1920-09-29
Summary:

Tonight at 9.15, Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman.' Music by S. S. 'Columbia' String Band.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-10-04 - 1920-10-05
Summary:

Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman.' Billy West in 'The Hobo.' Pathe presents George B. Seitz and Marguerite Courtot in 'Bound and Gagged.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-10-04 - 1920-10-05
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Select Pictures presents Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman.' Prices: matinee, 60 cents and 30 cents; soiree, $1.00 and 60 cents. At 7.15 p.m., episodes 1 and 2 of the most exciting of all Pathe serials, 'Bound and Gagged.' Picture…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-10-04 - 1920-10-04
Summary:

Monday and Tuesday at 5.15 and 9.15, Select Pictures presents Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman.' Wednesday and Thursday, 'Cora,' the tale of an artist's model featuring Emily Stevens. Friday and Saturday, Olive Tell in 'Secret Strings.' Nightly at 7.15…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-10-04 - 1920-10-05
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Clara Kimball Young in 'The Savage Woman.' Also Billy West in 'The Hobo.' Popular prices. At 7.15 p.m., Pathe presents George B. Seitz and Margaret [sic] Courtot in 'Bound and Gagged.' October 4 Remarks: On page 5, another ad. on…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1921-05-16
Summary:

A speaking cinema film is said to have been invented at last. It was reported that a Swedish engineer, M. Sven [sic] Berglund, has invented a speaking film which ensures simultaneous production of sound and picture. Professor Arrhenius, the famous scientist and Nobel prize-winner, declares that…

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Headline: Warning
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-07-29 - 1921-07-29
Summary:

Notice is hereby given that the exclusive exhibition rights for China of the Charles Chaplin film called 'The Kid' is the property of the First National Exhibitors Circuit and that these rights have not been sold or leased to any person or firm in China. Proceedings will be taken…

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Headline: Warning
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-08-02 - 1921-08-17
Summary:

Notice is hereby given that the exclusive exhibition rights for China of the Charles Chaplin film called 'The Kid' is the property of the First National Exhibitors Circuit and that these rights have not been sold or leased to any person or firm in China. Proceedings will be taken…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-10-04
Summary:

According to the writer, Mr. Chaplin does not like being called 'Charlie' – that he prefers to be known as Charles. Besides, he is unquestionably the greatest comedian in the world. Recently, the film 'The Kid' should prove that Mr. Chaplin is both a leading international…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1921-12-12 - 1921-12-16
Summary:

The Coronet will show Charlie Chaplin's 'The Kid.' December 12-14 Remarks: It didn't mention the theatre's name.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-12-12 - 1921-12-12
Summary:

The Kid' is coming!!

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1921-12-12
Summary:

Phenomenal business has been experienced by Northern cinemas fortunate enough to secure Charlie Chaplin's wonderful comedy, 'The Kid,' according to reports received locally. In Shanghai, it crowded the Victoria Theatre for two weeks at $2 per seat, and after a further four nights…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-12-12
Summary:

Reports from the North tell of phenomenal business for the cinemas that have been so fortunate as to secure Charlie Chaplin's wonderful comedy, 'The Kid.' In Shanghai, it crowded the Victoria Theatre for two weeks.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-12-13 - 1921-12-13
Summary:

Charlie Chaplin's greatest picture, 'The Kid.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-12-13
Summary:

One of the last pictures to be shown at the Empire, Tientsin's fine theatre and cinema, before its destruction by fire, was Charlie Chaplin's comedy, 'The Kid.' It is calculated that not only did the entire European and American communities of Tientsin see this wonderful film…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1921-12-13 - 1921-12-17
Summary:

The Kid.'