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: 1923-05-17 - 1923-05-17
Summary:

The Coronet: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Constance Talmadge in 'Lessons in Love.' The Star: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., Alice Joyce in 'The Sporting Duchess.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-17 - 1923-05-17
Summary:

A great Drury Lane drama made into a striking filmplay, 'The Sporting Duchess' was written and produced by Augustus Harris, Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. It has been made into a tip-top seven-reel cine melodrama by Vitagraph.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-17
Summary:

Over $200,000 was spent in the production of 'The Sporting Duchess,' which is to be shown at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, for the first time this evening. The cast supporting Alice Joyce is one of the largest and most talented that has been gathered around the star in recent years. The…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-18 - 1923-05-19
Summary:

The Coronet: Tonight and tomorrow at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Constance Talmadge in 'Lessons in Love.' The Star: Tonight and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, 'The Sporting Duchess.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-18
Summary:

A good deal of the real Derby atmosphere has found its way into 'The Sporting Duchess,' which is being shown this week at the Star Theatre, Kowloon. It is based on a famous old Drury Lane melodrama. Although the race is the big thrill of the picture, the story is well constructed. Film…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-26 - 1923-05-26
Summary:

Tonight at the Coronet: last performances of Priscilla Dean in 'Conflict.' Tomorrow at 6, 7.30 and 9.15, the great Drury Lane drama, 'The Sporting Duchess' and Larry Semon in 'Home Sweet Home.' At the Star: Today at 2.30, 5.30 and 9.15, Mildred Harris in 'Old…

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Headline: Star; Grand
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-11 - 1923-06-11
Summary:

Star: Tonight only at 5.30 and 9.15, 'Silk Husbands and Calico Wives' and Baby Peggy in 'Pals.' Grand: Tonight and tomorrow at 9.15 p.m., Alice Joyce in 'The Sporting Duchess.' Circle 50 cents.

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Headline: Star; Grand
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-12 - 1923-06-12
Summary:

Star: Tonight and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, Norma Talmadge in 'The Branded Woman' in 7 reels. Grand: Tonight only at 9.15 p.m., Alice Joyce in 'The Sporting Duchess.' Balcony 50 cents.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-26 - 1924-11-27
Summary:

The Coronet: Starting today, Reginald Denny in another mile-a-minute comedy drama, 'The Reckless Age.' The Star: Last two nights of 'Little Old New York.' Special musical prologue.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-28 - 1924-11-28
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Reginald Denny in 'The Reckless Age.' The Star: Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., Florence Vidor and Lewis Stone in 'Beau Revel,' a Thos. Ince picture.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-29 - 1924-11-29
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, tomorrow at 6 and 9.15, Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Thief of Bagdad.' Prices $2 and $1. The Star: Today only at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., 'Beau Revel.' Tomorrow at 6 and 9.15, Rudolph Valentino in 'Moran of the Lady Letty.'…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-01 - 1924-12-02
Summary:

Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton in Frank Norris' great drama of the sea, 'Moran of the Lady Letty,' Prizma Colour and the star players in the Village Orchestra. Wednesday only, Reginald Denny in 'The Reckless Age' and '…

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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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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-03 - 1924-12-03
Summary:

Today only at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., Reginald Denny in 'The Reckless Age' and 'The Leather Pushers' (round 22). Tomorrow till Saturday, big triple bill: William S. Hart in 'The Cradle of Courage'; Charlie Chaplin in 'Behind the Screen'; 'The Shadow Graph…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-03
Summary:

The story which shows Reginald Denny as the employee of an Insurance Company, smashing up a newspaper office, and in the end marrying the girl he is supposed to see married to another, is the basis of 'The Reckless Age,' which the Star Theatre is showing. The thing goes from…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-01-12 - 1925-01-12
Summary:

We ask you to consider Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin, the four greatest names in the film world, whose pictures are released under the name of United Artists' Film Corporation. Even the most prejudiced observer has to admit that their productions are…

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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-01 - 1925-04-02
Summary:

Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., for two days only, the film that has convulsed Hongkong, 'Oh, Doctor' with Reginald Denny, whose work you enjoyed in 'The Leather Pushers,' 'Sporting Youth' and 'The Reckless Age.' Also 'Casey Jones, Jr.,…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-07-23 - 1925-07-24
Summary:

Reginald Denny, whose work you have already enjoyed in 'The Leather Pushers,' 'Sporting Youth,' 'The Reckless Age' and 'Oh, Doctor,' you will be delighted with his latest high-speed comedy, 'The Fast Worker.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-07-23
Summary:

Back to normal' is the slogan these days of the Coronet and Star. That this is, if anything, an understatement will be readily admitted by all who visit these two cinemas in the next few days. 'Hollywood,' the big picture at the Coronet is a film that has drawn audiences wherever…