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: 1921-10-17
Summary:

Scarlet Pimpernel,' from Baroness Orczy's novel, was shown on the screen at the World Theatre. Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston take the main roles in the film. Film synopsis included. Pathe News and two good comedies are also in the programme.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-06-22
Summary:

Another Wm. Fox picture is now screening at the World Theatre, in which Gladys Brockwell takes the leading role. It is stated that some of the recent events shown in Pathe News are interesting, as well as 'Sticky Fingers,' a comedy in two parts.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-12-27
Summary:

A killer of fiction, not history, is introduced in Benjamin B. Hampton's picturization of Stewart Edward White's novel, 'The Killer.' It is showing at the World Theatre today, with Frank Campeau interpreting the role. The action of 'The Killer' takes place in Los…

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Headline: The Killer'
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-12-29
Summary:

From the beginning to the end of 'The Killer,' the Benjamin B. Hampton Pathe feature show for the last time at the World Theatre today, there is not a single moment in which you can lean back in your seat and let out the breath pent up by its thrills. No one but a Stewart Edward White…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-04
Summary:

No expense has been spared by Producer David Kirkland to make 'The Barefoot Boy,' which opens at the World Theatre tomorrow. 'The Barefoot Boy' is based on a poem of the same name by John Greenleaf Whittier, dean of New England poets. Film synopsis included. Frankie Lee is a…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-06
Summary:

In 'The Barefoot Boy,' a picturization of John Greenleaf Whittier's charming poem of the country boy, opened yesterday at the World Theatre, for a four-day run. There is a vast unexplored field for directors and producers with imagination in these exquisite gems, written by the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-16
Summary:

That there is a special Providence protecting the daring motion picture players is demonstrated again in 'The Eleventh Hour,' Bernard Durning's production of Lincoln J. Carter's most exciting melodrama, in which Shirley Mason and Charles Jones co-star. This sensational…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-18
Summary:

In number and speed, the stunts seen in 'The Eleventh Hour,' which opened last night at the World Theatre, are generous provision. The cast, headed by Charles Jones and Shirley Mason, include June Elvidge and Alan Hale. Lincoln J. Carter is responsible for the multitudinous of the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-19
Summary:

The building around which most of the action of 'The Eleventh Hour' surges was constructed at great cost by the William Fox Corporation for this picturization of the Lincoln J. Carter melodrama. The building was to represent a great iron factory. The work to be pictured within was the…