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: 1923-08-21
Summary:

Nanook of the North, the big Pathe feature now showing at the Coronet, is in every way a really fine production. It is the first motion picture depicting the actual life of the Eskimo. The picture was made by Robert J. Flattery [sic], engineer and explorer of Sir William MacKenzie's…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-08-22
Summary:

Coronet Theatre is screening the Pathe Eskimo production 'Nanook of the North.' The picture was taken by R. J. Flattery [sic], five times leader of Sir William Mackenzie's expeditions and provides a detailed view of human life in the North Pole. The scenes are located in the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-22
Summary:

The Pathe film of the Arctic 'Nanook of the North,' continues to attract enthusiastic audiences to the Coronet. It is the only production ever filmed wholly in Arctic conditions and dealing from beginning to ending with the fascinating life drama of native characters.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-08-24
Summary:

An in-depth article about the impact and the review of the Film 'Nanook,' which was shown at the Coronet before.

145
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-25
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) Sir, – I am constrained by a letter that I have just received from a valued patron of the Coronet to ask the hospitality of your columns either to confirm my correspondent in his views or to vindicate my judgment. I have been advertising the limit the film that was…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-09-29
147
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-10-29
Summary:

A letter from a reader to an editor, stated that the previous article from China Mail 'Education By Film.' It is said that the only cinema machines which have fixed optical centre are covered by American Patents. This is a wrong statement as the fixed optical centre with which our…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-20
149
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-08
Summary:

Without the walrus and the seal, their best sources of food and clothing, existence would cease to be possible with the people depicted in the Coronet's Arctic picture, 'Nanook of the North.' The Eskimos' skill in capturing these ocean animals, weighing from one thousand to…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-09-28
Summary:

Last night, Queen's Theatre screened a Harold Lloyd comedy entitled 'Grandma's Boy.' Film synopsis included. Other features of the programme are a Mack Sennett comedy and a Pathe Gazette, which deals with Boston cinema theatre fire, the Santa Barbara earthquake and the Scopes…