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: 1918-04-30 - 1918-05-02
Summary:

Tuesday 30th, April and Thursday 2nd, May, 'A Noble Action,' a stirring drama in four parts, full of interest and emotion featuring the celebrated French actress, Mdlle Vera Sergine. Also American Gazette No. 46, 'A Brigand Unwittingly,' 'The Professional Amateur,'…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-06-10
Summary:

'Moral Suicide' is the punchy title of a new special feature soon to be released by the Victoria Theatre. It is written by Ivan Abramson, whose screen successes included 'Forbidden Fruit,' 'Sins of Ambition,' 'Enlighten Thy Daughter' and 'Sins of the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-06-12
Summary:

Ivan Abramson, author and director of the sensational photo-play 'Moral Suicide,' to be shown at the Victoria Theatre, wrote the story with the purpose of educating the public to the fragilities of human nature. His success photo-dramas included 'A Fool's Paradise,'…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-02-06 - 1920-02-06
Summary:

Tonight, Pathe presents a great seven-reel feature, 'Moral Suicide,' the greatest picture that has ever been produced. It was written and produced by Ivan Abramson, the author responsible for such success as 'Enlighten Thy Daughter,' 'Forbidden Fruit' and '…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-07-03 - 1920-07-06
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15, Ivan Film Productions Inc. presents Paula Shay in 'Forbidden Fruit,' a remarkably tense film play in 6 parts. Also comedy.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-07-03
Summary:

The drama 'Forbidden Fruit,' in six reels, will be on the programme at Hongkong Theatre tonight and till Tuesday next. The Straits papers speak highly of this picture and the title itself invites curiosity. The principal people in it are Everett Butterfield and Paula Shay. It is from…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-01-04 - 1922-01-06
Summary:

Tonight, Paula Shay in 'Forbidden Fruit' and Billy West in 'The Fly Cop.' Booking at the theatre.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-11 - 1923-04-11
Summary:

Max Linder in 'The Three Must-Get-Theres.' Plot and illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-11 - 1923-04-11
Summary:

The Coronet: Wednesday to Monday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Max Linder in 'The Three Must-Get-Theres.' The Star: Tuesday and Wednesday at 5.30 and 9.15, double bill, Robert Warwick in 'An Adventure in Hearts' and 'A Sailor-Made Man.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-12 - 1923-04-12
Summary:

The Coronet: Wednesday to Monday at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Max Linder in 'The Three Must-Get-Theres.' The Star: Thursday to Saturday at 5.30 and 9.15, Alice Joyce in 'Cousin Kate,' 'The Rent Dodgers' and British Gazette.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-12
Summary:

Max Linder's 'The Three Must-Get-Theres,' was screened yesterday at the Coronet Theatre. As will be judged at once from its title it is a burlesque of the Douglas Fairbanks version of 'The Three Musketeers' which was shown here recently. The story has a real connected…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-13 - 1923-04-16
Summary:

2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Max Linder of 'The Three Must-Get-Theres,' Larry Semon in 'A Pair of Kings' and interesting Topical Budget.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-13
Summary:

There were some who held that the film version of 'The Three Musketeers' which Douglas Fairbanks was responsible for was enough to make poor old Alexander Dumas turn in his grave. At the moment, Max Linder's 'The Three Must-Get-Theres' is being shown at the Coronet…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-14
Summary:

It has been the success of 'The Three Must-Get-Theres,' Max Linder's funny burlesque of Douglas Fairbank's film version of 'The Three Musketeers,' and the Coronet management has decided to keep the picture on over the weekend. The final screening will take place on…

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

Friday and Saturday, Anita Stewart in 'Virtuous Wives.' Sunday only, 'The Three Must-Get-Theres.'

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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…

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

Tonight at 5.30 and 9.15, Anita Stewart in 'Virtuous Wives.' Today at 2.30, Sunday at 6 and 9.15, Max Linder in 'The Three Must-Get-Theres.'