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: 1923-10-11
Summary:

In the big melodrama, 'The Kentucky Derby,' showing at the Star tonight, the whole company was taken down to the Blue Grass country to make the important scenes. Reginald Denny, the young English actor who has become famous in the States, enacts the featured role in this picture. Film…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-12
Summary:

Nat Gould wrote many good racing stories, but in 'The Kentucky Derby,' the film showing at the Star, there is an exciting plot that would make him turn green with envy. The picture is reminiscent of the Drury Lane melodrama of the good old days. Film synopsis included. 'The…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-13
Summary:

A thrilling horse race for the Blue Ribbon of the American Turf furnishes an appropriate climax to the big melodrama at the Star. Reginald Denny shines as the young man ordered out of his home by a stern father. An unusually good scenic picture shows the quaint tribal customs amongst the non-…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-12-01
Summary:

Cinema patrons have nothing to grumble at the fare recently, and now, provided for them, particularly at the Coronet and Star Theatres. At the former, we have Douglas Fairbanks probably the most popular of all male screen artists. At the Star, we have Rudolph Valentino who is rapidly coming to…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-05
Summary:

Hongkong folk who have read Francis [sic] Hodgson Burnett's story, 'Editha's Burglar,' will be delighted to know that the film version, entitled 'The Family Secret,' is to be screened at the Star Theatre. The story is given an entirely new charm by Baby Peggy. Those…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-06
Summary:

Admirers of the infant phenomenon of the screen, Baby Peggy Montgomery, to give her the full name under which she figures in the cast of her latest picture, 'The Family Secret,' will not be disappointed by a visit to the Star Theatre. Certainly, the little mite has never been seen to…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-07
Summary:

Seated among the large crowd at the Star Theatre last night, which was kept in a perfect bubble of merriment at the antics of Baby Peggy, the conclusion has come to that the choice of the title of the picture, 'The Family Secret,' was a rather queer one. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett…