A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-04 - 1923-05-04
Summary:

Today at 5.15 and 9 p.m., deluxe presentation of D. W. Griffith's screen masterpiece, 'Intolerance.' Prices: 5.15, $1.50 and 80 cents; 9 p.m., $2.00 and $1.00. Children's matinee, Saturday at 2, $1.00 and 50 cents. Today at 2.30 only, 'Crooked Straight.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-05 - 1923-05-05
Summary:

Today at 2 p.m., 5.15 and 9 p.m., tomorrow at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., last performances of 'Intolerance.' Prices: 2 p.m., $1.00 and 50 cents; 5.15 and 6, $1.50 and 80 cents; 9 p.m., $2.00 and $1.00.

123
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-10 - 1923-05-10
Summary:

At the Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Anita Stewart in 'Virtuous Wives.' At the Star: Today at 5.30 and 9.15, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

124
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-11 - 1923-05-12
Summary:

Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15, Blasco Ibanez's 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

125
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-11
Summary:

For the rest of the week, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which has been screened with such pronounced success at the Star Theatre in Kowloon, is to be shown at the Coronet. The novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez upon which the picture is based deals with the life story of an ardent…

126
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-14 - 1923-05-14
Summary:

Owing to the tremendous demand for seats, 'The Four Horsemen' will be shown for three more days.

127
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-14 - 1923-05-15
Summary:

The Coronet: Today, tomorrow and Wednesday at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., last three nights of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' The Star: Tonight till Wednesday at 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., the film sensational, 'Dangerous Hours.'

128
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-15 - 1923-05-16
Summary:

Tonight and tomorrow at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., last two night of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' May 16 Remarks: Comment from Evening Dispatch included.

129
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-15
Summary:

Including a party from Government House, well over two thousand people have seen the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' which the Coronet management is screening. And of this number, there can have been few for whom it was not a revelation in motion picture…

130
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-16 - 1923-05-16
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., for the last time, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' The Star: At 5.30 and 9.15 p.m., today only, the film sensational, 'Dangerous Hours.'

131
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-22
Summary:

Those who like kinema thrills will not be disappointed in 'Conflict,' the remarkable picture which Coronet audiences are enjoying this week. Priscilla Dean, who plays the part of the heroine, outdoes herself. The scene in which she rescues her lover from death in a raging torrent on…

132
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-31 - 1923-05-31
Summary:

It shows Norma Talmadge at her best! It was proclaimed both in England and America the outstanding picture of 1922. It has pleased everybody that has seen it! The theme is such that it can only be adequately expressed upon the screen! It stands with 'Way Down East' and 'The Four…

133
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-07
Summary:

Man-Woman-Marriage,' the film which drew packed houses to the Coronet Theatre every night for a week last summer, is again to be screened in Hongkong. It is a production which bears comparison with such masterpieces as 'The Four Horsemen and 'Intolerance.' Dorothy Phillips…

134
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-09
Summary:

In making the big South Sea drama 'Idol Dancer,' which the Coronet is showing today and tomorrow, the whole Griffith Company nearly found watery graves. The Company went to Jamaica to take this picture. They wanted a big storm. They went out in a small steamer and found their storm.…

135
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-23
Summary:

(By 'X. Y. Z.' for S. C. M. Post) The writer thinks that pictures are more powerful than pen and even the sword. The pictorial presentation of the emotions makes a far wider and more vivid appeal than the written story. However, often it has been prostituted to the basest form of…

136
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-25 - 1923-06-28
Summary:

Friday, June 29 at 2.30, 5.30 and 9.15, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

137
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-26
Summary:

Twin Beds,' the film version of the farce comedy stage success of the same name, commenced at the Coronet yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Carter de Haven, who are sponsoring as well as starring in the production, have produced a truly refreshing comedy. Those who missed witnessing the screening of…

138
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29 - 1923-06-29
Summary:

Positively for one day only, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' with the full musical score. Admission: 2.30 p.m., $1.00 and 50 cents; 5.15 p.m., $1.50 and 80 cents; 9.15 p.m., $2.00 and $1.00. Come and test our new cooling plant and let us know what you think about it.

139
Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29 - 1923-06-29
Summary:

The film and the music. Today at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15, for one day only, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.'

140
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29
Summary:

Today is the last chance residents will get of seeing the screening of the wonderful masterpiece, 'The Four Horsemen,' in Hongkong. Mr. Ray has decided to show the film again. It is a film that will live, and there are some who even prefer it to 'Intolerance.' 'The Four…