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: 1923-08-30
Summary:

The attraction at the Star from Thursday to Saturday will be 'The Lone Wolf's Daughter,' a thrilling play adapted from a number of well-known stories which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. It is an exciting drama, with plenty of mystery and first-class acting. Now that the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-31
Summary:

There is a world of plot in the story of 'The Lone Wolf's Daughter,' the offering at the Star until Saturday. An elaborate prologue shows how the Lone Wolf himself saves a woman's honour. Film synopsis included. For those who like really stirring melodrama, 'The Lone…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-01
Summary:

A Bolshevik plan to destroy everything in London is the crux of the story of 'The Lone Wolf's Daughter,' the present film at the Star. Crooks, bad men, and fighting heroes abound in a plot which moves with the greatest possible rapidity of action. Miss Lousie Glaum, in the title…

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

Cinema patrons have nothing to grumble at the fare recently, and now, provided for them, particularly at the Coronet and Star Theatres. At the former, we have Douglas Fairbanks probably the most popular of all male screen artists. At the Star, we have Rudolph Valentino who is rapidly coming to…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-05
Summary:

Hongkong folk who have read Francis [sic] Hodgson Burnett's story, 'Editha's Burglar,' will be delighted to know that the film version, entitled 'The Family Secret,' is to be screened at the Star Theatre. The story is given an entirely new charm by Baby Peggy. Those…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-06
Summary:

Admirers of the infant phenomenon of the screen, Baby Peggy Montgomery, to give her the full name under which she figures in the cast of her latest picture, 'The Family Secret,' will not be disappointed by a visit to the Star Theatre. Certainly, the little mite has never been seen to…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-07
Summary:

Seated among the large crowd at the Star Theatre last night, which was kept in a perfect bubble of merriment at the antics of Baby Peggy, the conclusion has come to that the choice of the title of the picture, 'The Family Secret,' was a rather queer one. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett…