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: 1919-01-07
Summary:

The difficulties at the Coronet Theatre in connection with the light have been overcome. The picture is much nearer and larger. The front rows which are too close to the screen have been removed.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-02-04
Summary:

Mary Pickford's picture, 'Daddy Long Legs,' will commences at the Coronet today. The story is written by Jean Webster, and the story plot is comprehensively restated in the newspaper article.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-02-14
Summary:

By permission of Commodore W. Bowden Smith, a cinema performance was arranged in the Naval Yard on Friday, by the Officers and Ship's Company of H.M.S. Tamar in aid of the dependents of those lost in H. M. Submarine K 5. Mr. H. W. Ray of the 'Coronet' who is always ready to assist…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-04-27
Summary:

Dinty,' a First National film produced by Marshall Neilan and presenting Wesley Barry, will be the attraction at the Coronet Theatre this evening. Apart from 'Dinty,' Wesley Barry is famous for his acting in 'Daddy Long Legs,' 'Go and Get It,' and other First…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-01-01
Summary:

Disraeli,' a picture based on the life of the great British statesman of that name, was to have been the New Year attraction at the Coronet Theatre. The Chinese postal officials who now look after the British mails in Shanghai have, however, mislaid the film. To that circumstance is due the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-01-03
Summary:

More than a thousand people saw Douglas Fairbanks in 'His Majesty the American' at the Coronet Theatre during New Year's Day.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-01-04
Summary:

His Majesty the American,' with Douglas Fairbanks in the title role, is the current attraction at the Coronet Theatre. Much has been expected of the film, for it is the first production to be released by filmdom's 'Big Four' – the United Artists Corporation, of which Mary…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-01-06
Summary:

Douglas Fairbanks will disappear from the Coronet screen when 'His Majesty the American' is shown for the last time on Saturday night – but not for long. He will be back again on Monday in 'The Three Musketeers' for another three days. In turn, Sunday's picture will be…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-06-01
Summary:

The Management of the Coronet Theatre announces, as the next attraction for this house, Mary Pickford's latest production, 'Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall.' The picture, by United Artists, is based on the popular novel of the same name by Charles Major. Other celebrities in the…