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: 1920-01-23 - 1920-01-23
Summary:

Tonight, Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie,' a superb Select Picture production in 5 acts. Picture included.

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Headline: The Victoria
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-01-23 - 1920-01-23
Summary:

Tonight at 9.15 p.m., Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.' Matinee at 5.15 p.m., 'Jack and the Beanstalk.' Booking at Anderson's.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-01-23 - 1920-01-26
Summary:

Tonight at 9.15, Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.' Booking at Anderson's. January 23 Remarks: Matinee at 5.15 p.m., 'Jack and the Beanstalk.' On page 5, another ad. on 'Up the Board with Sallie.' Picture included.

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Headline: The Victoria
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-01-24 - 1920-01-26
Summary:

Tonight, Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.' Booking at Anderson's. January 26: An exquisite comedy drama in five acts.

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Headline: The Victoria
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-01-24 - 1920-01-24
Summary:

Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie,' a superb Select picture with laughs and thrills galore! She smiles through it all - and so will you.

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Headline: At the Victoria
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-01-24 - 1920-01-24
Summary:

Tonight, Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie,' a superb Select Picture with laughs and thrills galore. Picture included.

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Headline: The Victoria
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-01-24 - 1920-01-26
Summary:

Tonight at 2.15, 5 and 9.15 p.m., Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.' Booking at Anderson's.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-01-27 - 1920-01-28
Summary:

For two nights only, 'The Beloved Vagabond.' Matinee: Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.' January 28 remarks: 'The Beloved Vagabond,' Harold Lloyd in 'Him and the Others.' Booking at Anderson's.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-01-27 - 1920-01-27
Summary:

For two nights only, 'The Beloved Vagabond.' Matinee at 5.15 p.m., Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.'

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-01-27 - 1920-01-28
Summary:

For two nights only, 'The Beloved Vagabond.' Matinee at 5.15 p.m., Constance Talmadge in 'Up the Road with Sallie.' January 28 Remarks: Ad. on 'The Beloved Vagabond,' also Harold Lloyd in 'Him and the Others.'

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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…