A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1912-12-14 - 1912-12-17
Summary:

Showing drama picture 'A Boy's Love', 'The Shipwrecked Mariner' and comics 'Typist for the Occasion' and 'The Rapid Powder'; Performers: Miss Dolly Swift, Miss Gladys Spencer and The Yinns; 7.15 p.m. pictures only

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Headline: Bijou
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1912-12-14 - 1912-12-17
Summary:

Programme at 9:15 p.m. Dramas including 'A Boy's Love' and 'The Shipwrecked Mariner.' Comics including 'Typist for the Occasion,' 'The 'Rapid' Powder' and 'Votes for Women.' Acrobatic including The Yinns. Performances by Miss Dolly…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-08-20 - 1921-08-20
Summary:

Wherever moving pictures are shown the name of D. W. Griffith is a name to conjure with! A new Griffith production is a screen event of the first importance. You remember the splendours of 'Intolerance' and that masterpiece, unforgettable 'Hearts of the World,' 'Way Down…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1921-11-19 - 1921-11-19
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15 & 9.15, Anita Stewart in 'The Fighting Shepherdess,' Snub Comedy and Topical film. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 5.30, Douglas Fairbanks in 'Arizona.' At 9.15, Matheson Lang as 'Mr. Wu' and dancing.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-11-19 - 1921-11-19
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15, Anita Stewart in 'The Fighting Shepherdess.' Also ‘Snub' Comedy and Topical Film. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 5.30 p.m., Douglas Fairbanks in 'Arizona.' Tonight at 9.15, Matheson Lang as 'Mr. Wu.' Dancing after…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1921-11-21 - 1921-11-22
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15 & 9.15, Anita Stewart in 'The Fighting Shepherdess,' Snub Comedy and Topical film. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9 p.m. only, Matheson Lang as 'Mr. Wu' and dancing after pictures.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-11-21 - 1921-11-22
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15, Anita Stewart in 'The Fighting Shepherdess.' Also ‘Snub' Comedy and Topical film. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9 p.m. only, Matheson Lang as 'Mr. Wu.' Dancing after pictures.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-07-13
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'The Romance of Happy Valley,' today. The film is written by Griffith, the same master hand of other films like 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Intolerance' and 'Way Down East.' Lillian Gish is the lead actress.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-10-25 - 1922-10-25
Summary:

The Coronet: Thos. H. Ince presents H. B. Walthall in 'False Faces.' Kowloon Theatre: 5.45 & 9.15, Soler Difranco, Rizote, and 'Flame of Life.' 5.45, 80 cents; 9.15, $1.2.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-10-25 - 1922-10-27
Summary:

The Coronet: Thos. H. Ince presents H. B. Walthall in 'False Faces.' Kowloon Theatre: 5.45 and 9.15, Soler Difranco, Rizote and 'Flame of Life.' 5.45, 80 cents; 9.15, $1.20.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-10-26 - 1922-10-28
Summary:

The Coronet: 'Easy Lynne.' Kowloon Theatre: 5.45 & 9.15, Soler Difranco, Rizote, and 'Flame of Life.' 5.45, 80 cents; 9.15, $1.2.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-11-01 - 1922-11-02
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'The Flame of Life.' Kowloon Theatre: At 5.45 & 9.15 p.m., 'The Woman in Room 13' with Pauline Frederick.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-01 - 1922-11-02
Summary:

Way Down East' is here!

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-01 - 1922-11-01
Summary:

See Lars Hanson, the famous Swedish cinema star in 'The Flame of Life.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-01 - 1922-11-02
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'The Flame of Life.' Kowloon Theatre: 5.45 and 9.15, 'The Woman in Room 13' with Pauline Frederick.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-11-01
Summary:

The Flame of Life,' which comes to the Coronet Theatre today, is the first Finnish film that has been shown in Hongkong. The film is the second production issued by the Swedish Biograph Company after 'Love's Crucible.' Lars Hanson, the famous Swedish actor, is in the leading…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-11-01
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is going to screen 'The Fame of Life,' the first Finnish film to be shown in the Colony. The film is the second production of the Swedish Biograph Company, the first one was 'Love's Crucible.' Based on a Finnish novel, the film features Lars Hanson.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-11-01 - 1922-11-02
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'The Flame of Life.' Kowloon Theatre: 5.45 and 9.15, 'The Woman in Room 13' with Pauline Frederick.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-03 - 1922-11-03
Summary:

Where will 'Way Down East' be shown?

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Headline: Way Down East'
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-04 - 1922-11-04
Summary:

The window through which Griffith has looked into the soul of universal woman.