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: 1920-04-09 - 1920-04-10
Summary:

Wednesday to Friday, Pearl White in 'The Lightning Raider' episode 2, Luke comedies and the Tziganes, Russian gypsies in songs and dances.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-07-12 - 1920-07-12
Summary:

7.30 and 9.30, 'The Red Glove' episodes 15 and 16. Also 'The Silent Mystery' episode 1 and Christie comedy.

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-01 - 1924-12-02
Summary:

Monday to Thursday, December 1st to 4th at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Alice Lake in 'The Greater Claim.' Added attraction at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Miss Bessie Lester, the popular American comedienne. Prices of admission: at 5.15 p.m., $1.20, $1.00 and 60 cents; 9.15 p.m., $1.50, $1.…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-01
Summary:

Alice Lake will be seen by local motion picture-goers in 'The Greater Claim,' the Metro special which will have a run of four days, beginning today, at the Queen's Theatre as the feature attraction. In 'The Greater Claim,' adapted from the Izola Forrester-Mann Page story…

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Headline: The Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-02 - 1924-12-02
Summary:

You will remember and not want to forget Alice Lake in 'The Greater Claim,' a Metro picture, by Izola Forrester and Mann Page, scenario by A. S. Le Vino, directed by Wesley Ruggles, directed by Bayard Veiller. Also Miss Bessie Lester, the popular American comedienne. At 5.15 and 9.15 p…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-02
Summary:

Motion picture-goers who went to the Queen's Theatre yesterday to see the first showing of 'The Greater Claim,' in which Alice Lake stars, were unanimous in their expressions of approval and pleasure. This is a great picture, adapted from the Izola Forrester-Mann Page original…

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-03 - 1924-12-04
Summary:

Wednesday and Thursday, December 3rd and 4th at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Alice Lake in 'The Greater Claim.' Today and tomorrow, entire change of programme at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Miss Bessie Lester, the popular American comedienne. Friday, December 5th, Baby Peggy in 'The…

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Headline: The Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-04 - 1924-12-04
Summary:

Today only at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., farewell performances, Miss Bessie Lester and Alice Lake in 'The Greater Claim.' Tomorrow, December 5th, Baby Peggy in 'The Law Forbids,' a Universal-Jewel deluxe.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-04
Summary:

The mothering instinct is the most basic in women.' This is how Alice Lake, Metro's little star, explains the enthusiasm with which she acts in her latest picture, 'The Greater Claim,' showing for the last time today at the Queen's Theatre as the feature attraction.…

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-07 - 1925-05-07
Summary:

Saturday, May 9th, a picture of surpassing beauty, Maurice Tourneur's 'Lorna Doone,' an enthralling love tale of the days of the bloody Doones.

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-08 - 1925-05-08
Summary:

Tomorrow (Saturday) at all shows, 'Lorna Doone,' Maurice Tourneur masterpiece, with Madge Bellamy, John Bowers and Frank Keenan. Illustration included.

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-08 - 1925-05-08
Summary:

Today only at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Annette Kellerman, the star of the Fox's 'A Daughter of the Gods,' in her latest under-sea drama, 'What Women Love,' a First National attraction. Tomorrow at all shows, 'Lorna Doone,' from R. D. Blackmore's famous…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-08
Summary:

A dozen bloody battles could have been fought, which appear in Maurice Tourneur's picture version of the familiar novel, 'Lorna Doone,' which is coming to the Queen's Theatre. For weeks during the production of this story, the scenes of which are laid in rural England and the…

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-09 - 1925-05-11
Summary:

Today, Saturday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., tomorrow, Sunday at 6.00, 7.30 and 9.15 p.m., Maurice Tourneur presents Madge Bellamy, John Bowers and Frank Keenan in 'Lorna Doone,' screen version of R. D. Blackmore's famous story. Also Ben Turpin in 'Home Made Movie,…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-09 - 1925-05-09
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., tomorrow (Sunday) at 6.00, 7.30 and 9.15 p.m., Maurice Tourneur's 'Lorna Doone,' by R. D. Blackmore, produced at the Thomas H. Ince studios. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-09
Summary:

Heralded by critics throughout the country as Maurice Tourneur's 'greatest masterpiece,' 'Lorna Doone' opens at the Queen's Theatre today. Tourneur's fictionalization of Blackmore's novel has attracted worldwide attention. Critics declare that 'Lorna…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-11
Summary:

Lorna Doone' is now being shown at the Queen's Theatre to crowded houses. Cinema-goers of this Colony have been impressed with Maurice Tourner's [sic] remarkable version of R. D. Blackmore's novel. Maurice Tourneur has earned a reputation as an educator in the film industry…

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-12 - 1925-05-12
Summary:

Today positively last shows at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Madge Bellamy in 'Lorna Doone.' Also Ben Turpin in 'Home Made Movie,' a Mack Sennett comedy in 2 parts. Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13th, Richard Bathelmess [sic] in 'The Seventh Day,' a First National…

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Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-06-24 - 1925-06-24
Summary:

Today at all shows, Anita Stewart in 'A Question of Honor,' a First National attraction. Saturday, June 17th, by special request, 'Lorna Doone.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-07-31 - 1925-07-31
Summary:

Tomorrow, Hongkong's biggest theatre comes into its own! Hereafter, First National, United Artists, Paramount, Metro and Goldwyn will contribute their finest photoplays to the Queen's, together with the super-productions of Pathe, Warner Bros. and Universal. The latest Gaumont and…