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: 1922-06-30
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-08-04
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-11 - 1922-09-11
Summary:

Commencing tonight, the little house will present one after another, ten tip-top programmes. Tonight till Thursday, Mary Pickford in 'Heart o' the Hills.' If you liked Mary in 'Daddy-Long-Legs,' you will love her in 'Heart o' the Hills.' Friday next,…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-14 - 1922-09-14
Summary:

Today at all shows, last performances of 'Heart o' the Hills' featuring Mary Pickford. Tomorrow, Harold Lloyd in his first comedy of feature-length, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Also 'The Swatow Disaster' special film.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

Tonight, Harold Lloyd in 'A Sailor Made Man.' September 18 Remarks: On page 4, another ad. saying it is a enormous success. All records broken except that for 'The Kid.'

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'A Sailor Made Man.' Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15 only, Mary Pickford in 'Heart o' the Hills,' a First National attraction.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-15
Summary:

Tonight's the night, Harold Lloyd in his first comedy of feature-length, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Also showing special film of 'The Swatow Disaster.' Slightly increased prices. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15, Mary Pickford in her best picture, 'Heart o' the Hills,' a First National attraction.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-15
Summary:

Harold Lloyd, in his latest picture 'A Sailor-Made Man,' comes to the Coronet this afternoon. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-15
Summary:

Unlike the past, when a comedy was nothing but a mad fight pursued through a thousand feet of film by an infuriated mob, nowadays a comedian has to content himself with just such a situation as any ordinary person might find himself in. Harold Lloyd is a prime example of this new cult of…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-15 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Kowloon Theatre, tonight at 9.15, Mary Pickford in 'Heart o' the Hills,' a First National attraction.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-16 - 1922-09-16
Summary:

Children wearing Harold Lloyd spectacles will be admitted at 2.30 today free to see Harold Lloyd in his first full-length comedy, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Picture included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-16
Summary:

Harold Lloyd's comedy 'A Sailor Made Man' drew big audiences to the Coronet Theatre yesterday. Besides, Irene Castle, world-famous as a dancer, swimmer, and Society entertainer, has returned to the screen after a lapse of two years in 'The Firing Line.' The film will be…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-16
Summary:

Hugely delighted audiences saw the four-reel Harold Lloyd Comedy 'A Sailor-Made Man' at the Coronet yesterday. An interesting feature of the same programme was a film about Swatow after the typhoon.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-16
Summary:

Yesterday, Coronet Theatre screened the four-reel Harold Lloyd comedy 'A Sailor-Made Man.' The picture conveys the idea of destruction after a typhoon.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-18 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'A Sailor Made Man,' and film of the Swatow Disaster. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15 only, 'The Revenge of Tarzan,' not a serial.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-18 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

Enormous success of Harold Lloyd in 'A Sailor-Made Man' at the Coronet. All records broken except that for 'The Kid.' Four packed houses on Saturday, at the Coronet, laughed their appreciation of Harold Lloyd's smile-a-minute four-reel comedy, 'A Sailor-Made Man.…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-09-18 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'A Sailor-Made Man.' Also film of 'The Swatow Disaster.' Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15 only, 'The Revenge of Tarzan.' Not a serial.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1922-09-18 - 1922-09-18
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, 'A Sailor-Made-Man.' Also film of the Swatow Disaster. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 9.15 only, 'The Revenge of Tarzan,' not a serial.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1922-09-19 - 1922-09-19
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'A Sailor Made Man,' and film of the Swatow Disaster. Kowloon Theatre: Tonight at 5.45 & 9.15, for one day only, Frank Keenan in the 'Midnight Stage.' Special matinee at 5.45.