The Come Back,' the principal item in the Coronet Theatre programme, is thoroughly deserving of the crowded houses it is drawing nightly. Harold Lockwood and May Allison have done an excellent work in the leading parts. Film plot included. The programme also includes Harold Lloyd's…
The last chance of seeing Anatole France's great work 'Thais' will be given to patrons of the Coronet Theatre tonight. Some magnificent acting is seen by Mary Garden. Film plot included. Pathe's news pictures are very interesting. Local boxers will be interested in the films…
Here is a picture that should break all records in attendance. It fairly bristles with good features, the chief one being the star, Geraldine Farrar. 'Shadows' is at the Coronet. In addition to it, there is an interesting Pathe News, showing scenes from London, California and Paris,…
The Crimson Gardenia' is the most perfect film that the Coronet has yet screened. The musical programme that the Coronet orchestra supplies to accompany it is on the same high level. Owen Moore gives a good account of himself. In addition to it, there is a striking Pathe Newsreel and a…
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.
Mr. H. W. Ray has secured the film, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' taken by the Snows, father and son, during the course of a three years trip through the dark continent with rifle and camera. Film plot included. The film made such a hit at Home that, although booked to appear at the…
The famous picture, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' which has taken cinema audiences by storm in Great Britain and the States, is to be screened for the first time in Hongkong at the Coronet tomorrow. H.A. and Sidney Snow set out in 1919 from San Francisco on an expedition to conquer…
Hunting Big Game in Africa with Gun and Camera,' which H.A. Snow brought out of the West and launched at the Lyric Theatre, New York City, for a run of three months. This picture is to be shown at the Coronet Theatre today. Film synopsis included. A critic phrases the general sentiment when…
After seeing this wonderful film screened at the Coronet over the weekend, it is a magnificent picture. 'Hunting Big Game in Africa' is something quite out of the run of ordinary films. Messrs. Snow, the two American hunters responsible for the film, have made a name for themselves in…
Hunting Big Game in Africa' continues to draw record houses at the Coronet. If one is impressed by the bravery of H.A. Snow, what must be said for Sidney Snow, the photographer, who stuck to his camera, grinding away with lions, skulking near enough for 'close-ups.'
It is easier to shoot an animal than to take his picture,' said Mr. Sidney Snow, one of the American hunters responsible for the fine film, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' to an interviewer recently. The film is being shown to large audiences at the Coronet every day until further…
The wonderful wild animal film, 'Hunting Big Game in Africa,' which has been delighting large audiences at the Coronet Saturday last, is being screened for only two more days. Today and tomorrow are the last chances residents will have of seeing this fine film. It is a picture nobody…
Richard Barthelmess in 'Tol'able David' will be the next star offering at the Coronet, after the conclusion of the run of 'The Prisoner of Zenda.' As regards Barthelmess, his work is sufficiently well-known – in Way Down East, etc. Richard Barthelmess, as the youngster…
With such authors as Joseph Hergesheimer, Conrad, Ibanez and Kipling at the service of film producers nowadays, the general level of pictures is being raised appreciably. In 'Tol'able David,' Mr. Hergesheimer's first effort for the screen, the public is provided with a…
Richard Barthelmess, in Hergesheimer's famous story of the Virginia mountains, should prove a strong attraction at the Coronet tonight. The star is well-known and the author is considered one of the greatest of the day. Film synopsis included.
The visitor to 'Tol'able David,' the Barthelmess film showing at the Coronet, comes away with the pleasant impression of having seen, at last, a picture which, without being extravagantly unreal, contains many truly dramatic scenes. Hergesheimer's gripping story has received…
Tol'able David,' now at the Coronet, will appeal especially to those whose cry as 'Better and Brighter Pictures.' Adapted from a story by a noted author, and superbly played Richard Barthelmess and a strong cast, this film has received glowing notices wherever it has been…
It is unfortunate that a picture of such merit as 'Tol'able David' has been given a title, which although familiar enough in America, is not so readily comprehensible in an English colony. The drawing power of a name is a real thing, and it is hoped that an unfortunate title will…
It is hard to do justice to the vital feeling of the story of 'Tol'able David.' There are scenes of tenderness, love and pathos. The acting is superb, Richard Barthelmess and the supporting cast not wasting a gesture or omitting a single telling experience. A play like 'Tol…
Tol'able David' is amongst the few superb productions. It has discarded all the hackneyed tricks of camera and all the warily familiar situations. There is a world of tenderness and human feeling in the story. More pictures like 'Tol'able David' will be welcome in…