A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: Empire Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1918-10-01 - 1918-10-03
Summary:

1st, 2nd and 3rd October, 9.15 performance, the distinguished Universal favourite Hobart Bosworth in that dramatic masterpiece, 'Colorado,' by the eminent dramatist, Augustus Thomas, author of 'In Mizzoura,' 'The Embassy Ball,' 'Arizona,' 'The Meddler…

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Headline: Empire Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-01-03 - 1919-01-06
Summary:

January 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 7.15 and 9.15 performance, 'Mystery of the Double Cross,' episodes 11 and 12. Also 'The Two Trunks,' another comic picture, and Annals of the War No. 4 (interesting events of the European war).

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-05-05 - 1920-05-07
Summary:

May 5th, 6th and 7th, 1920, at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Metro presents Edmund Breese in 'The Lure of Heart's Desire' in 5 parts. Also '$500 or Bust!', Pathe News and the Royal Hawaiian Quartette. Ordinary prices. 7.15 p.m., 'Elmo the Mighty' episodes 1 and 2.

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

Sinister shadows, creaking stairs, a hand on the doorknob, a terrified girl! Edgar Allan Poe might have written 'Conflict.'

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

A pampered society bud against the great north woods! Man against man! Woman against woman! Man against the elements! That's 'Conflict.'

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

A mad race with the flood, daredevil leaping from log to log. See Priscilla Dean in her breath-taking rescue scene in 'Conflict.'

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

Hundreds of husky lumberjacks in fierce combat, battling for timber rights. A wide-eyed beauty, cheering the men of her sweetheart's faction. That's one of the thrills in 'Conflict.'

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

Fresh from the gaiety of Broadway into the musty, murky horror of her half-crazed uncle's haunted castle. Such is the terror which faces Dorcas Remalie, the heroine of 'Conflict.'

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

A maid, a man and the might of the elements. An ill-fated recluse, a hate-soured hag, and all the terrors of the forest. These are to be found in 'Conflict.'

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

The greatest thrill on the screen, a north woods log-jam. Roaring waters, tumbling logs, struggling humans and a fearless girl, daring the avalanche of debris for the life of her sweetheart. The last word in screen suspense is 'Conflict.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-21 - 1923-05-21
Summary:

At the Coronet: Tonight till Saturday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Carl Laemmle presents Priscilla Dean, supported by Herbert Rawlinson, in 'Conflict,' Universal-Jewel super production. Illustration included. The Star: Today and tomorrow at 5.30 p.m., the great Griffith film,…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-21 - 1923-05-21
Summary:

The Coronet: Tonight till Saturday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Priscilla Dean in 'Conflict.' The Star: Today at 5.30, 'The Idol Dancer.' Tonight at 9.15, 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-21
Summary:

Priscilla Dean ably sustains the big reputation she has already won herself by her splendid work in 'Conflict,' which is the Coronet's Whitsun attraction and which will be shown all this week. Miss Enid R. Reade had a difficult role as Miss Dale Ogden but did it well. To Miss…

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

The Star: Today at 5.30, 'The Idol Dancer.' Tonight at 9.15, 'Abraham Lincoln.' The Coronet: Today till Saturday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Priscilla Dean in 'Conflict.'

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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…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-23 - 1923-05-23
Summary:

The Coronet: Today till Saturday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., Priscilla Dean in 'Conflict.' The Star: 5.30, 'The Idol Dancer.' 9.15 p.m., 'The Bat.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-24 - 1923-05-24
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 7.15 and 9.15, Priscilla Dean in 'Conflict.' Note that there is no performance at 5.15 p.m.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-24
Summary:

A Canadian lumberjack, it has been said, can eat more and say less in any given length of time than any other form of life. An excellent idea of the kind of life which these husky heroes of the forest live is conveyed by 'Conflict,' the thrilling picture which Coronet audiences are…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-25 - 1923-05-26
Summary:

The Coronet: Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Priscilla Dean in 'Conflict.' The Star: Today at 5.30 and 9.15, Mildred Harris in 'Old Dad.'

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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…